Rectangular basket. The lid associated with this object is 1948.6.48 .2 .2. [MOBB [OPS move] 17/11/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Rectangular basket. The lid associated with this object is 1948.6.48 .2 .2. [MOBB [OPS move] 17/11/2016]
Long description: Rectangular basket. Light brown material woven in a twill pattern on the bottom. The shape of the bottom is reinforced in the interior with a brown ?cane or wood frame tied to the sides. The sides are decorated with a wide band of chevrons. The rim is reinforced with a framework of bent ?cane tied to it both on the interior and exterior. The lid associated with this object is [1948.6.48 .2 .2]. [MOBB [OPS move] 17/11/2016]
Geographical reference: Guyana
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Guyana
Person: Field collector Thomas Lowndes Bullock; PRM source Margaret F. Irvine
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1882
Date collected: 1882
Acquisition information: Donated: 1948
Materials and processes: Material Pigment, Material Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material Cane Plant, Process Basketry, Process Dyed, Process Tied
Dimensions: Width: max 215 mm, Width: max 226 mm total, Length: max 279 mm total, Length: max 274 mm, Height: max 149 mm total, Height: max 126 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1948.6.48.2.1 Other PRM accession number: 1948.6.48b

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