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1954.2.18

Basket. Open work woven basket with flat hexagonal bottom. [MOBB [OPS move] 28/11/2016]

1954.2.18

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Collection type
Object
Description
Basket. Open work woven basket with flat hexagonal bottom. [MOBB [OPS move] 28/11/2016]
Long description
Basket. Open work woven basket with flat hexagonal bottom, slightly narrowing sides to shoulder, expanding neck and rim of bent cane bound in more cane. There are also two small arches attached to the cane from which a plant fibre suspension strap is attached. [MOBB [OPS move] 28/11/2016]
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 Plant Fibre, Process Basketry, Process Bent, Process Bound
Dimensions
Diameter: max 231 mm, Height: max 264 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1954.2.18

Search terms: Basketry, Basket

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