Storage Basket Item Number: 2814/17 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Large, shallow, round basket made of thin strips of palm woven in a criss-cross pattern. In the interior, parts of the palm have been coloured a dark brown and make diamond and linear patterns in the weave. Six strips of vine circle the inner rim of the basket and are held on by palm fibre. The outside of the basket has a random, possibly unintentional, pattern of lighter fibre intermixed in the weave. The sides of the basket are firrigidm, while the bottom is somewhat flexible.
History Of Use
Storage basket
Item History
- Made by Manduca (Maker) in Vaupes, Colombia between 1975 and 1987
- Collected in Vaupes, Colombia during 1987
- Owned by Marlene Samper
- Owned by Diego Samper before September 10, 2010
- Received from Diego Samper (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Acquisitions Budget (Funding source) on September 10, 2010
What
- Name
- Storage Basket
- Identification Number
- 2814/17
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- guarumo leaf, stem and fibre
- Overall
- height 16.5 cm, diameter 70.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Makuna
- Creator
- Manduca (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Marlene Samper and Diego Samper
- Received from
- Diego Samper (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Acquisitions Budget (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Vaupes, Colombia
- Collected in
- Vaupes, Colombia
When
- Creation Date
- between 1975 and 1987
- Collection Date
- during 1987
- Ownership Date
- before September 10, 2010
- Acquisition Date
- on September 10, 2010
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2814/0017