Uhu
Carrying Basket
87-34-25
From: Venezuela | Murako
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 87-34-25 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Warao |
| Provenience | Venezuela | Murako |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Period | Modern |
| Date Made | 1986 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Fiber |
| Description | Made of tirite (sehoro) reed with carrying strap of moriche leaf fiber. used princiapally by men to carry chunks of moriche starch from the fields to be processed by women in the vialllge. Also used as a general basket by men and women. Uhu. Made early 1986 (make unknown). |
| Height | 52 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 49 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Charles Briggs, 1987 |
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