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 thin split bamboo, some dyed. Rim is round, bottom is square with interior wooden frame. Woven line pattern on the center portion only. Four cotton tassels, one at each corner. Cotton binding just below rim. Buriti strings cross across the opening.
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. Large twill-weave basket, with two woven designs: (1) kájujúto otáapáka (macaw's cheek) design, referring to stripes under the eyes of the Blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), and (2) "leaf-cutter ant trail" (kutákumá áhinabúla), possibly referring to leaf-cutter ant of the genus Atta, commonly called Saúva in Brazil. Although this basket is well-woven, it was finished in such a way that it is slightly askew. Perhaps made by a younger man.
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: E435231-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 57.5 cm
label: Width
content: 51.5 cm
label: Height
content: 21.25 cm