Basket, twill plaited, tall, rounded shape. Height 27 cm; width at rounded base 20 cm; top width 19.2 cm
Donor:
James Maas and Jean Groulx
Collection place:
Creel, Bocoyna Municipality, Chihuahua
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Chihuahua; Tarahumara Indians (purchased from a store in Creel, Chihuahua)
Culture or time period:
Rarámuri people
Collector:
James Maas
Collection date:
October 1987
Materials:
Plant material
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Context of use:
Baskets made by Tarahumara women for general household use. Used as substitutes for drawers, cupboards, for sewing materials and storage of seeds, etc. Tall vase-like shape suggests made for sale to tourists.
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
height 27 centimeters and diameter 19.2 centimeters