National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Part Basket 
Period: Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
Material: Vegetal Fibre
Site: Nahal Hemar
Lenght: 6 cm
Wide: 3.5 cm
Description: Twinig denotes a basket weave manufactured by passing horizontal elements around passive vertical elements. The passive elements are made of twisted cords of plants. The decoration is structural, formed by alternating different naturally-cloured dark and light active elewments. This results in bands and checkerboard motifs.
Bibliography:
Schick T. 1988. Nahal Hemar Cave. Cordage, Basketry and Fabrics. ATIQOT 18: 31-43.
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