Work basket ("tsiveta"); split cane reed woven into basket; reinforced at rim with reed bundle tied on with bark fiber; 22.5 cm length; 20.7 cm width; 6 cm deep
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 and 1.5 Household
Accession date:
1973
Context of use:
Used in gathering or working tiroti palm; these baskets can be covered by putting another basket on top, sewing edges together