Basket, openwork, lined with leaves
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Mar 2018
label: Collection Date
content: 1981 to 1983
name: label: Collector
content: Ms. Emilienne Ireland
label: Donor Name
content: Ms. Emilienne Ireland
notes: label: Notes
content: Openwork basket with handle. There is a dried leaf inside. The top is closed by a woven buriti string. Handle.
label: Notes
content: Notes by the collector, Emilienne Ireland: Designed for storage, not for taking things in and out on a daily basis. Usually used for storing salt until it is needed. (When salt is taken out of the basket to be used by the family, a small amount is left out in a ceramic dish near the cooking hearth.) This basket also can be used for storing small objects, such as nuts, until they are consumed or given away. This kind of basket, when lined with leaves, is called ohówo onáin (lit., salt container). If not lined with leaves, such a basket is called yatálu. Small hexagonally-plaited basket lined with leaves. This one was used for storing pequi (Caryocar coriaceum) nuts, which are roughly the size of almonds.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Oct 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Piyulaga village, Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Wauja (Waurá)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2074242
label: USNM Number
content: E435245-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 10 cm
label: Height
content: 17 cm