Coiled Basket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1975
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: BURITI FROND COILED BASKET WITH SEED DECORATION. 13 CM DIAMETER LID WHICH HAS 3 SMALL CORD LOOPS THREADED THROUGH AT THE RIM. THESE LOOPS GO AROUND 3 RED SEEDS SEWN ON THE BASKET BODY AND HOLD THE LID ON. A FIBER CORD IS THREADED THROUGH THE BODY SIDE FOR A STRAP, END OF FIBER TASSLED. " The first example of coiling technique which i observed among the Krikati is this collection (1975:181); this was said to have been learned from a Kraho, Yo?yo, whom I objeserved as a visitor in the Krikati village in 1975." (quoted from Dr. Newtons note and background documetion delivered in 1996) When she delivered the baskets to the Smithsonian Dr. Newton remarked to Dr. Crocker that she believed that YO'YO LEARNED TO MAKE THIS FROM THE CANELA. UNUSED. 10 CRS. SEE ACCESSION FILE FOR LINGUISTIC AND CENSUS INFORMATION.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Timbira, Maranhao, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Krikati
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E426790-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 15 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 8 cm