Round basket with rounded bottom and thick rim reinforced with a frame of cane tied to both the inside and outside. [MOBB [OPS move] 24/11/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Round basket with rounded bottom and thick rim reinforced with a frame of cane tied to both the inside and outside. [MOBB [OPS move] 24/11/2016]
Long description: Round basket with rounded bottom and thick rim reinforced with a frame of cane tied to both the inside and outside. The bottom of the basket is decorated with blonde and black (stained) material creating a pattern with a large X as the main focus. Each quarter is decorated with lozenges, sections of short horizontal lines within V shaped bands. The rim is twill woven blonde material and brown-red material. [MOBB [OPS move] 24/11/2016]
Geographical reference: Guyana
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Guyana; Mazaruni River
Cultural groups: Akawaio
Person: Field collector Audrey Butt Colson; PRM source Audrey Butt Colson
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1952
Date collected: 1951 - 1952
Acquisition information: Donated: 1954
Materials and processes: Material Cane Plant, Material Reed Plant, Process Basketry, Process Twill Woven, Process Bent, Process Tied, Process Stained
Dimensions: Height: max 97 mm, Diameter: max 332 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1954.2.13