Basket
65-10-105
From: Peru | Rio Curanja
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 65-10-105 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cashinahua |
| Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Plant Fiber |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Basket - "Kuki" Vine; hexagonal base, round top; plaited with openwork sides; three main elements: 1 horizontal and 2 which cross this at angles; base has a 4th element interwoven with the above 3; top 15cm of basket not open ends of vertical elements wrapped over top edge and woven back into design; rim a piece of wood wrapped in strips of vine strips and lashed to top. Maker Yawampum (M. |
| Height | 33 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 38.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
| Other Number | CG2017-2-4 - Found in Collection Number |
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