Rectangular basket box. For the decorated lid please refer to 1958.3.42 .2 [BH [OPS Move] 18/11/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Rectangular basket box. For the decorated lid please refer to 1958.3.42 .2 [BH [OPS Move] 18/11/2016]
Long description: Rectangular basket box. Woven with a paler plant fibre on the exterior, and a darker plant fibre on the interior, both with a different weave. In between the two different weave types there is a lining of newspaper. Along the rim is a band of cane which has been stitched into the basketry with string. For the decorated lid please refer to 1958.3.42 .2 [BH [OPS Move] 18/11/2016]
Geographical reference: Guyana
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Guyana; Mazaruni River near Kataima Village
Cultural groups: Akawaio
Person: Field collector Audrey Butt Colson; PRM source Audrey Butt Colson
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1957
Date collected: 1957
Acquisition information: Donated: 1958
Materials and processes: Material Plant Fibre, Material Paper Plant, Material Pigment, Process Basketry, Process Recycled
Dimensions: Length: max 225 mm, Width: max 159 mm total, Width: max 136 mm, Height: max 126 mm, Height: max 153 mm total, Length: max 246 mm total
Object numbers: Accession number: 1958.3.42.1

Search terms: Basketry, Basket

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