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65-10-95
From: Peru | Rio Curanja
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 65-10-95 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Leaf | Plant Fiber |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Palm strips, twilled plaiting; shallow square; red achiote rectilinear design painted on both sides; ends of palm strips bound with cord to make rim. Used to hold cotton after seeding and pulled out and before spinning. |
| Length | 50 cm |
| Width | 47 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
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