Basket like a sieve, for catching tiny fish
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: Basket with very few cross weaves so that it will function like a sieve. Black stripes painted on the bottom. Stabilizing bent piece of wood on the interior. Buriti string across opening to help hold shape. Shape is ovate.
label: Notes
content: Notes by the collector, Emilienne Ireland: This basket is typically used by preadolescent girls and their younger charges to catch tiny fish in the shallows of the bathing area and in streams near the village. The fish are then taken home to be roasted and eaten as a light snack. Older girls are too busy doing other kinds of work to fool around chasing tiny fish, and older boys who want to catch fish would use hook and line or fishing arrows, and catch much bigger fish. Oval; painted with black stripes.
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: E435247-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 52 cm
label: Width
content: 39.5 cm
label: Height
content: 19 cm