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Object Number 80-61-30/24006
Display Title Basket?, twined
Descriptions
Object Description Basket or Hat? of twined, basketry. Flat disc, with slightly raised crown, loosely twined of totora reeds, on totora reed warps. Near the outer edge are two dyed reeds, woven over and under and into the twined structure. Function unknown.
Inventory Description Organic, fiber basket, hat?, rounded base, flat rim, dark brown woven design, to
Classification
  • Fiber
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Intrasite Grave
Additional Geographic Terms Coast
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 4.5 x 37.5 x 37 cm (1 3/4 x 14 3/4 x 14 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Donated by Dr. William Sturgis Bigelow (08/1880)

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