Work basket ('"siveta"); split reed woven into basket, rim is reinforced by bundle of reeds on with fiber strip; 24.7 cm length, 25 cm width, 4.9 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
Accession date:
1973
Context of use:
Used for gathering or working with manioc; kuri palm leaf; these baskets can be covered by putting another basket in top, sewing edges together.