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Vaselike twill-plaited basket
Vaselike twill-plaited basket
Object Number 2017.8.2
Display Title Vaselike twill-plaited basket
Descriptions
Object Description Vaselike twill-plaited basket with diamond pattern at constricted neck
Inventory Description Basketry jar, tall, square base, constricted neck, flared rim, natural and black twill plaited patterns
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Date 2003 or earlier
Culture
  • Baniwa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil
Materials Cane
Dimensions Overall: 31 × 18 × 17.5 cm (12 3/16 × 7 1/16 × 6 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2017.8.2
Credit Line Gift of basketry scholars and authors Sarah R. Peabody Turnbaugh '76scl (Anthropology) and William A. Turnbaugh Ph.D. '73 (Anthropology) in honor of her parents, Harlan Berkley Peabody, Jr. A.M. '53, Ph.D. '61 (Comparative Literature) and Joanna Nichols Peabody
Provenance
Collector Dr. Harlan Berkley Peabody Jr. (2003)
Collector Joanna Nichols Peabody (2003)
Donor Donated by Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh (5/17/2017)
Donor Donated by William A. Turnbaugh Ph.D. (5/17/2017)

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