Rectangular basketry lid. The basket associated with this object is 1948.6.48 .5 .1. [MOBB [OPS move] 17/11/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Rectangular basketry lid. The basket associated with this object is 1948.6.48 .5 .1. [MOBB [OPS move] 17/11/2016]
Long description: Rectangular basketry lid. Light brown material woven in the interior and with both light brown and black on the exterior. The top is decorated with concentric rectangles around two squares composed of triangles in the centre. The sides are decorated with a repeating pattern of block T's which runs around the entirety. The rim is reinforced with a framework of bent ?cane tied to it both on the interior and exterior. The basket associated with this object is [1948.6.48 .5 .1]. [MOBB [OPS move] 17/11/2016]
Geographical reference: Guyana
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Guyana
Person: Field collector Thomas Lowndes Bullock; PRM source Margaret F. Irvine
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1882
Date collected: 1882
Acquisition information: Donated: 1948
Materials and processes: Material Pigment, Material Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material Cane Plant, Process Basketry, Process Dyed, Process Tied
Dimensions: Height: max 79 mm, Width: max 143 mm, Length: max 180 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1948.6.48.5.2 Other PRM accession number: 1948.6.48e

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