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1991.7.2

Coiled globular watertight basket. [RM [OPS move] 15/11/2016]

1991.7.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Coiled globular watertight basket. [RM [OPS move] 15/11/2016]
Long description
Coiled globular watertight basket. It has a flat base and round opening at the top. The basket is coloured in black-brown, orange and white to form a pattern, with the same colours used for the horizontal lines around the neck of the basket. [RM [OPS move] 15/11/2016]
Cultural groups
Waunana
Date / Period
Date made: 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 246 mm, Diameter: max 225 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1991.7.2
Associated publications
Illustrated without figure number and uncaptioned on page 3 of Oxford and Latin America (Oxford: External Relations Office, University of Oxford, 1999). [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, Chocó, 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 María Margarita Uricoechea in Cali, Colombia, 1991. 1991.7.1-.2’ [MJD 18/01/2013]

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