basket
- Museum number
- Am1959,10.10
- Description
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Register 1959:
Basket, made of plaited palm fronds and twisted handle.
- Dimensions
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Height: 36 centimetres
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Width: 34 centimetres
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Depth: 12 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1959:
Vegetable fibre plaited game-basket, made of palm fronds, twisted handle.
All collected by Donor from Akwë-Shavante Indians, Mato Grosso [,] Rio das Montes Region [,] BRAZIL.
Game-basket, for carrying back meat or the produce of a gathering expedition. This type of basket that any Shavante tribe can make in few minutes to complete.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1959
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1959,10.10
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 69