Basket, fancy, in the shape of a man's tumpline carrying 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: Long basket made by bending vine portions into ovals, and filling in the interiors with palm fiber string, then binding these 5 ovals together. Three of the ovals have diamond patterns woven into the mesh.
label: Notes
content: Notes by the collector, Emilienne Ireland: Men's basket, typically made of inner bark strips wrapped on a wood frame, used for carrying heavy loads, or storing supplies in the home. Such baskets emphatically do not have ornamentation. This specimen, presented as a gift, is fancifully made of delicate buiriti-palm cord, twisted and wound in geometric designs.
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: E435238-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 65 cm
label: Width
content: 33 cm
label: Height
content: 25.75 cm