Basket, woman's mayaku burden basket
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 made from very thinly split bamboo, some dyed. Rim is round, bottom is square with interior wooden frame anchored with white cotton and buriti thread. Intricate woven cross pattern on the outside, but the inside has a diamond pattern, undyed. There are 4 red and white cotton tassels, one at each corner and cotton binding just below rim.
label: Notes
content: Notes by the collector, Emilienne Ireland: All-purpose basket, carried exclusively by women and girls, for carrying loose items on top of the head, or for storing items at home. ESPECIALLY FINE SPECIMEN. Large twill-weave basket, called a "cricket droppings design basket" (piisúlu isityátokána). Note blood stains, probably from birds or other small game. From Wauja videotaped elders, 2016: According to Atapucha, the contrasting strips produce the "irapútukana" basket design, while the weave of the strips themselves produces a kulupiyene design which is clearly seen on the inside, but can be seen on the exterior only when hold the surface at an angle. The irapútu design refers to a profusion of kernels of corn, some white, some yellow. [The elder] noted that the same design is used in body paint, as made by daubing a long ear of corn in red urucum paint and rolling it on the skin. It would make a spotted (kapalá) pattern.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Jan 2025
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)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2074242
label: USNM Number
content: E435236-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 52 cm
label: Width
content: 50 cm
label: Height
content: 19.75 cm