Basket

Museum number:
16-9659
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1777
Description:
Basket; Puruji; made of plaited Kona palm leaf; used for storage of all cotton; spinning supplies; coils and pads of cotton; spindles; gourd bowl for spinning in; balls of spun thread; 5 inches height, 10 inches diameter.
Donor:
Joyce Nies, Paul L. Powlison, Robert L. Russell, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Collector:
Joyce Nies and Summer Institute of Linguistics
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
Accession date:
1963
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 16-9659, described as Basket; Puruji; made of plaited Kona palm leaf; used for storage of all cotton; spinning supplies; coils and pads of cotton; spindles; gourd bowl for spinning in; balls of spun thread; 5 inches height, 10 inches diameter.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 16-9659, described as Basket; Puruji; made of plaited Kona palm leaf; used for storage of all cotton; spinning supplies; coils and pads of cotton; spindles; gourd bowl for spinning in; balls of spun thread; 5 inches height, 10 inches diameter.

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