1933.24.35

Collection type

Object

Description

Circular bowl of coiled basketry with coiled bundle foundation, sewn with simple non-interlocking stitches. Design in black and red against a natural orange-yellow ground. The bottom is conical. [MOBB [OPS move] 18/11/2016]

Geographical reference

Chile

Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Chile

Rio Loa Quillagua

Person

Field collector Mrs Jones

PRM source Mrs Jones

Date / Period

Date made: 1000 - 1470 Date made: Regional Development Period

Date collected

By 1933

Acquisition information

Donated: 1933

Materials and processes

Material Plant Fibre, Process Coiled, Process Basketry, Process Stained, Process Decorated

Dimensions

Height: max 80 mm, Diameter: max 252 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1933.24.35

Associated publications

Illustrated in black and white as figure 146 on page 136 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: ‘Chile, Río Loa, Quillagua. Basket with coiled bundle foundation, sewn with simple non-interlocking stitches. Design in red and black against a natural orange-yellow ground. H: 80 mm, dia: 250 mm. From a prehispanic grave. Donated by Mrs. Jones, 1933. 1933.24.35’ [MJD 16/01/2013] Pusch, S. 1988. A Grave group from Quillagua, Northern Chile. Unpublished undergraduate dissertation, Institute of Archaeology, UCL. On file at PRM, RDF for 1933.24. [Dan Hicks 27/09/2012]

Search terms: Basketry, Vessel, Death, Religion, Basket, Bowl, Grave Good