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Vegetable bast fiber basket used for storing chambira.
Vegetable bast fiber basket used for storing chambira.
Object Number 989-26-30/11607
Display Title Vegetable bast fiber basket used for storing chambira.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term afuai
Object Description Vegetable bast fiber basket used for storing chambira. made by women. open woven basketry which starts w/open lattice - work plain plaiting + continues throughout. includes an interwoven weft around the sides + a self - coiled rim finish. native name - afuai.
Inventory Description Basket, weaved bark strips, round and straight
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Date 20th century
Culture
  • Urarina
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / <State> / <County> / Santa Beatriz
Additional Geographic Terms Chambira river basin; Northeastern Peru
Materials Bark
Dimensions Overall: 15 x 27 x 0.3 cm (5 7/8 x 10 5/8 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 989-26-30/11607
Provenance
Collector Michelle McKinley (Jun-89 - 8-Sep-89)
Collector Bartholomew Dean (June 1989 - September 8, 1989)
Donor Michelle McKinley (June 1989 - September 8, 1989)
Donor Bartholomew Dean (Jun-89 - 8-Sep-89)

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