Basket Item Number: 3579/6 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Small basket with single handle. The bottom is square, which transitions to a rounded body, which is tightly plaited. The rim is circular, and both the rim and handle are rounded root (?) that is loosely wrapped.
The donor's parents lived in Caracas, Venezuela, for a few years in the 1970s, where they purchased these pieces (3579/1-11). The Yekuana people live mainly in Amazonas and Bolivar states.