Umuta
Carrying Basket
87-34-19
From: Venezuela | Naba Sanuka I
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 87-34-19 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Warao |
| Provenience | Venezuela | Naba Sanuka I |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Period | Modern |
| Date Made | July 1987 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Fiber |
| Description | Finely woven carrying basket of tirite (sehoro) reed. Used to carry either chunks of moriche starch from the field of the processed flour. Made by Isabel Gomez. |
| Height | 45 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 35 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Charles Briggs, 1987 |
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