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65-10-75

From: Peru | Rio Curanja

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Matsuti
Object Number 65-10-75
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cashinahua
Provenience Peru | Rio Curanja
Culture Area Amazonia
Section American
Materials Vine | Wood
Description

Vine tightly woven round base; warp of heavy sticks extending all way up; weft narrower sticks which are horizontal; ends woven over several sticks laid together making top of base, then turning and going vertically up length of vines, then becoming horizontal again and holding long warp sticks together in bunches. Brazilian influence.

Length 39.5 cm
Width 3.5 cm
Outside Diameter 6.7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965

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