Tsiveta-work basket; split reed woven into basket ( bowl-shaped); reed reinforcement strip tied around top rim; 39 cm length; 34 cm width; 11.5 cm deep. Used for gathering or working cotton, tiroti palm leaf thee baskets can be covered by putting one on top of another, sewing the edges together.
Donor:
Allen W. Johnson, Orna R. Johnson, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Shimaa village, Rio Kompiroshiato, Montaña, Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Culture or time period:
Machiguenga
Maker or artist:
Juana Nigenki
Collector:
Allen W. Johnson and Orna R. Johnson
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.4 Transportation, 1.5 Household, and 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1973
Context of use:
used for gathering or working cotton, tiroti palm leaf these baskets can be removed by putting oneon top of another, sewing the edges together