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1991.7.1

Coiled globular watertight basket

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1991.7.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Coiled globular watertight basket
Cultural groups
Waunana
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1991
Date collected
1991
Acquisition information
Purchased: 05/1991
Materials and processes
Material Palm Leaf Plant, Material Pigment, Process Coiled, Process Dyed, Process Basketry
Dimensions
Height 210 mm, Diameter: max 200 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1991.7.1
Research and responses

Purchased Cali Colombia. [unsigned, undated; information moved from 'Display History' field by JC 26 8 2009]

Associated publications
Illustrated as figure 4 on page 2 of Oxford and Latin America (Oxford: External Relations Office, University of Oxford, 1999). Miscaptioned (on page 3) as: 'Black pottery vessel, Chimu culture, Ancient Peru. Held in the Pitt Rivers Museum.' [MdeA 2/9/99; JC 27 8 2009] Illustrated in colour as plate 9 on page 94 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: ‘Colombia, Choco, Waunana. Two coiled watertight baskets with single rod foundation sewn with palm-leaf. Designs in black and orange (natural dyes). Left: H: 210 mm, right: H: 240 mm. Collected by Maria Margarita Uricoechea in Cali, Colombia, 1991. 1991.7.1-.2’ [MJD 18/01/2013] Illustrated with a line drawing in the leaflet 'Basketry in The Pitt Rivers Museum', devised by Felicity Wood with the Oxfordshire Basketmakers, 2001. It is also featured on the website www.basket.prm.ox.ac.uk [please note this URL was found to be inactive in July 2010, please see http://basketry.ashmolean.org]. [JN 14/11/2001; MN 16/07/2010] Illustrated in colour on page 23 of The Pitt Rivers Museum: An Introduction (Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, 2009). Caption (on page 22) reads: 'a watertight basket with human and animal designs, from Colombia'. [JC 27 8 2009]

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