Brown glass rum bottle with a looped plant fibre cover and braided handle.

Collection type: Object
Description: Brown glass rum bottle with a looped plant fibre cover and braided handle.
Long description: Brown glass rum bottle with a looped plant fibre cover and braided handle. The fibre has been dyed orange, green, yellow, pink and blue. The handle is orange. The looping is worked in a geometrical design with a broad band of blue arrows on pink background.[MdeA 03/02/2009]
Geographical reference: Colombia
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Colombia; Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Potrerito
Cultural groups: Wiwa
Person: Maker Evangelina Nieve; Field collector Marianne Schrimpff; PRM source Marianne Schrimpff
Date / Period: Date made: Before 09/1966
Date collected: September 1966
Acquisition information: Donated: 05/12/2007 Acquired: 2008
Materials and processes: Material Glass, Material Sisal Fibre Plant, Material Agave Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Looped, Process Braided, Process Netted
Dimensions: Height: max 193 mm excluding handle, approx, Width: max 95 mm base
Object numbers: Accession number: 2008.57.9 Other numbers: 530 9
Associated publications: See Marianne Cardale Schrimpff Techniques of Hand Weaving and Allied Arts in Colombia (DPhil thesis in Balfour Library: 3 vols, text, drawings and photos). [MdeA 30/01/2009]

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