Rectangular basketry lid woven using brown and black material. [MOBB [OPS move] 17/11/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Rectangular basketry lid woven using brown and black material. [MOBB [OPS move] 17/11/2016]
Long description: Rectangular basketry lid woven using brown and black material. The interior of the top is simply twill woven; the exterior of the flat top is decorated with concentric rectangles of alternating colours, with the exception of one rectangle which includes geometric deviations. In the centre are two squares made of bi-coloured triangles. The sides aer decorated with zig-zag lines in black, a geometric fret or scroll pattern and a band of squares with Xs in the centre. The rim is reinforced with bent ?cane which has been tied to it. [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 Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material Cane Plant, Process Basketry, Process Twill Woven, Process Tied, Process Bent, Process Stained
Dimensions: Length: max 370 mm, Width: max 302 mm, Height: max 144 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1948.6.51

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