1990.47.2

Collection type

Object

Description

Round shallow basket. [MOBB [OPS move] 16/11/2016]

Long description

Round shallow basket. The exterior of the basket is plain blonde while the interior is blonde woven with black to create a central square with geometric designs inside, surrounded by radiating lines of black. The rim of the basket and the shape is held in place with a frame of bent cane or reed tied to both the interior and exterior of the basket. [MOBB [OPS move] 16/11/2016]

Geographical reference

Brazil

Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Brazil

Roraima State

Cultural groups

Ye'kwana

Person

Field collector Zeina El-Khouri Klink

PRM source Zeina El-Khouri Klink

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1990

Date collected

1990

Acquisition information

Purchased: 10/1990

Materials and processes

Material Reed Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Plaited, Process Twill, Process Basketry, Process Bent, Process Tied

Dimensions

Height: max 36 mm, Diameter: max 325 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1990.47.2

Associated publications

Illustrated in black and white as figure 175 on page 168 of Basketmakers Meaning and Form in Native American Baskets, edited by Linda Mowat, Howard Morphy and Penny Dransart (Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, University if Oxford, Mongraph 5, 1992). Caption reads: 'Brazil, Roraima State, Yekuana. Twill plaited tray of reed with design of two capuchin monkeys in black (jenipapo dye). For holding cassava bread at meals. Dia: 323 mm. Collected by Zeina El-Khouri Klink, 1990.’ [MJD 16/01/2013]

Search terms: Basketry, Food and Drink, Vessel, Cassava Accessory, Tray, Food Accessory