Uhu Waramana
Carrying Basket
87-34-2
From: Venezuela | Nabaribuhu
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 87-34-2 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Warao |
| Provenience | Venezuela | Nabaribuhu |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Period | Modern |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Fiber |
| Description | Made from tirite (sehoro) reed, strap from moriche leaf fiber. Used by men to carry chunks of moriche palm from the fields to the village where women process them for food. Also used as all purpose carrying basket by men and women. Uhu Waramana. Made by Julio Perez, June 1987 |
| Height | 49 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 35 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Charles Briggs, 1987 |
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