Basketry pouch or bag with basketry cover, bound together. [MOBB [OPS move] 24/11/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Basketry pouch or bag with basketry cover, bound together. [MOBB [OPS move] 24/11/2016]
Long description: Basketry pouch or bag with basketry cover, bound together. The pouch is made of brown plant fibre twill woven. The cover is also made of brown material and material that has been stained black. The cover is decorated with bands of chevrons, a zig-zag bands, and two bands of repeating pattern that could be a stylised bird or turtle. The rim of the cover has been reinforced with stained bent cane which has been tied to it. There is also a twisted fibre yard which has been tied to the object to act as a handle and to bind the two halves together. [MOBB [OPS move] 24/11/2016]
Geographical reference: Guyana
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Guyana
Person: Field collector Edward Burnett Tylor; PRM source Anna Rebecca Tylor
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1917
Date collected: By 1917
Acquisition information: Donated: 1917
Materials and processes: Material Plant Fibre, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Material Cane Plant, Process Twill, Process Basketry, Process Stained, Process Bent, Process Tied
Dimensions: Length: max 160 mm, Width: max 129 mm, Height: max 33 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1917.53.289

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