Uhu Iridaha
Carrying Basket
87-34-28
From: Venezuela | Arawao Akoho
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 87-34-28 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Warao |
| Provenience | Venezuela | Arawao Akoho |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Period | Modern |
| Date Made | 7/87 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Fiber |
| Description | Made of tirite (sehoro) reed and moriche leaf fiber cord. Used principally by mean to carrying chunks of moriche start from the fields to be processed by women in the village by men and women. Uhu iridaha. Made by Mateo Nunez. |
| Height | 53 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 50 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Charles Briggs, 1987 |
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