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1990.47.6

Rectangular basketry fire-fan with cane grip along one side. Pattern of two stylised caterpillars or jaguars. [BH [OPS move] 17/11/2016]

1990.47.6

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Collection type
Object
Description
Rectangular basketry fire-fan with cane grip along one side. Pattern of two stylised caterpillars or jaguars. [BH [OPS move] 17/11/2016]
Geographical reference
Brazil
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Brazil
Para State
Cultural groups
Aparai
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 Cane Plant, Process Plaited
Dimensions
Height: max 18 mm, Width: max 264 mm, Length: max 477 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1990.47.6
Associated publications
Illustrated in black and white as figure 166 on page 152 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, Para State, Apalai. Rectangular fire fan twill plaited of reed with pattern of two caterpillars in black. Cane grip. L: 450 mm; W: 260 mm. Collected by Zeina El-Khouri Klink, 1990. 1990.47.6’ [MJD 16/01/2013]

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