Basket Item Number: 3579/2 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Carrying basket with straps. Large basket with a small round base, that gently expands up to a flared rim. A thick plaited strap is tied just below the flared top, and is threaded through the open weaving, leaving a loop on each side, and then threaded through and knotted at the base, creating two arm straps. The basket is made of two layers of fibres, stitched together with rows of stitching, spaced about an inch apart, which creates horizontal rings.
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.