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1951.11.148.1

Pouch of twill-plaited basketry [.1] with overlapping lid [.2], patterned in brown, black and natural. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 4/1/2006]

1951.11.148.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pouch of twill-plaited basketry [.1] with overlapping lid [.2], patterned in brown, black and natural. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 4/1/2006]
Cultural groups
Maya
Person
Field collector Harrison family
Field collector Harrison family nurse
PRM source E. L. Harrison
PRM source Marion Harrison
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1903
Date collected
1880 - 1903
Acquisition information
Donated: 1951
Materials and processes
Material Palm Leaf Plant, Process Twill Plaited, Process Dyed, Process Basketry
Dimensions
Width: max 67 mm, Length x Width: max 65 x 87 mm, Length: max 88 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1951.11.148.1 Accession number: 1951.11.148.2
Associated publications
Illustrated in black and white as figure 112 on page 97 of Basketmakers Meaning and Form in Native American Baskets, edited by Linda Mowat, Howard Morphy and Penny Dransart (Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, University if Oxford, Mongraph 5, 1992). Caption reads: ‘Guatemala, Maya. Twill plaited pouches of palm leaf, with overlapping lids. Patterns in aniline dyes. L: 100 mm. Collected by Lt. Col. E.L. & Miss M. Harrison, 1880-1903. 1951.11.147-148’ [MJD 18/01/2013]

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