- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Dark brown oval basket of openwork weaving. [MOBB [OPS move] 28/11/2016]
- Long description
- Basket. Dark brown oval basket of openwork weaving. The rim, made of bent cane, has been wrapped with a strip of cane, as has the flexible arched carrying handle. [MOBB [OPS move] 28/11/2016]
- Cultural groups
- Akawaio
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1952
- Date collected
- 1951 - 1952
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1954
- Materials and processes
- Material Reed Plant, Process Twisted, Process Woven, Process Smoked, Process Basketry
- Dimensions
- Height: max 82 mm, Diameter: max 196 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1954.2.19
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