Rectangular basket. The lid associated with this object is 1948.6.48 .7 .2. [MOBB [OPS move] 17/11/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Rectangular basket. The lid associated with this object is 1948.6.48 .7 .2. [MOBB [OPS move] 17/11/2016]
Long description: Rectangular basket. Light brown material; the bottom is woven with concentric rectangles around two squares composed of triangles in the centre. The shape of the bottom is reinforced in the interior with two pieces of brown ?cane tied to the longer sides. The sides are primarily a twill weave but are decorated with three horizontal bands of zig-zag patterning. 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 .7 .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 93 mm, Length: max 124 mm, Length: max 128 mm total, Height: max 81 mm total, Height: max 59 mm, Width: max 101 mm total
Object numbers: Accession number: 1948.6.48.7.1 Other PRM accession number: 1948.6.48g

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