- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Basketwork knapsack made from dark brown dyed cane. [BH [OPS Move] 25/11/2016]
- Long description
- Basketwork knapsack made from dark brown dyed cane. Reinforced wooden sticks running the length of the basket, and cane running along the edges. The sides have been pulled together by string. Broken bark straps on each side of the basket, supposedly once a handle. [BH [OPS Move] 25/11/2016]
- Cultural groups
- Macusi
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1941
- Date collected
- By 1941
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1941
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Cane Plant, Material Pigment, Material String, Process Basketry, Process Dyed, Process Tied
- Dimensions
- Length: max 683 mm, Width: max 310 mm, Height: max 255 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1941.8.240
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