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Object Number 75-20-30/8743
Display Title Workbasket
Descriptions
Object Description Workbasket, rectangular with hinged lid. Wood slats. Filled with unspun brown and white cotton. Totora reed over split cane slats in 2-2 twill plaiting. In smaller bag (unnumbered) containing miscellaneous object fragments from the basket are bones that, upon examination by P. Burns and L. Flynn, are likely lizard.
Inventory Description Organic, woven fiber, basket, rectangular, attached lid, twill plaited
Classification
  • Basket
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late horizon
  • Late Coastal?
  • Late Intermediate period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Lima Province / Ancon
Additional Geographic Terms Chillon Valley
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 10 x 36 x 18 cm (3 15/16 x 14 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75-20-30/8743
Credit Line Gift of Alexander Agassiz, 1875
Provenance
Collector Samuel W. Garman (1875)
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1875)
Donor Alexander Agassiz (1875 - 1875)

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