Basket

2001.05.0018

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Basket   (2001.05.0018)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Furnishings
  2. :
  3. Household Accessories
  4. :
  5. Storage & Display Accessories
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date collected in 1964
Culture Embara, same as Embera?; Emberá
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Diameter) 26.4 cm
Dimension 2 (Height) 21.2 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 193 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Plant--Grass
Manufacturing Processes Weaving--Basket

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Guss, David M. To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Donation of Norman E. and Dorothea Scott Whitten, Gift 2007
Reproduction No

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