Basket

Museum number:

16-9648

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Accession number:

Acc.1777

Object count:

1

Description:

Basket; Jiri Cacun (eat basket) plaited of Shapaja palm fronds which have not yet opened out. Bell-shaped; 16 inches in height, 9.5 inches in diameter. Quickly made carrying basket of plaited palm fronds. Amahuaca, Peru.

Donor:

Joyce Nies, Paul L. Powlison, Robert L. Russell, and University Appropriation

Collection place:

Peru

Verbatim coll. place:

Peru

Culture or time period:

Amahuaca

Collector:

Robert L. Russell and Summer Institute of Linguistics

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving

Accession date:

1963

Department:

South America (except Ancient Peru)

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