Basket
65-10-97
From: Peru | Rio Curanja
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Kakan |
| Object Number | 65-10-97 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cashinahua |
| Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood Vine Stem | Pigment |
| Description | Frame of woody vine stems; two long pieces make opposite corners, cross at bottom center; ends lashed to rounf piece forming top of basket; sides and bottom twill woven with tan warp and black-painted weft; red and white angular designs painted on sides; warp lashed to top, weft to sides. Used for storage of cotton or peanuts, hung upside down from rafters; when old used to carry garden produce. |
| Height | 50 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
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