carrying-basket
- Museum number
- Am1988,08.234
- Description
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Carrying basket (huacal in Spanish); two pieces of wood curved to form two ovals; each oval covered with web of netting knotted from yellow thread; tied together along long edge of oval; netting tied along short sides of frames to form wedge-shaped basket.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Height: 41.50 centimetres
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Width: 38 centimetres
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Depth: 68 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- This carrying-basket is carried by means of a tump line resting on the forehead, or strapped onto a mule.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1988
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1988,08.234