Round basket with frog pattern and twill plaited in brown and tan. Reinforcement rods are sewn onto either side at the rim. Height 3.5 cm; diameter 25.9 cm. Makiritaré, Venezuela.
Donor:
David H. Eichorn
Collection place:
TamaTama, Amazonas, Venezuela
Culture or time period:
Maquiritari
Collector:
David H. Eichorn
Collection date:
November 1965
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1967
Context of use:
Makiritare use a whole variety of animal designs in baskets; they are induced to "go modern" and write names in patterns on baskets.
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Loans:
S1968-1969 #115: Berkeley High School (May 6, 1969–May 16, 1969), S1969-1970 #121: Berkeley High School (May 14, 1970–June 23, 1970), S1969-1970 #26: Berkeley High School (September 22, 1969–November 24, 1969), S1970-1971 #23: Berkeley High School (October 1, 1970–November 25, 1970), S1971-1972 #20: Club Juventad (September 30, 1971–October 13, 1971), S1971-1972 #22: Berkeley High School/David H. Eichorn (September 29, 1971–November 10, 1971), and S1973-1974 #14: Berkeley High School/David H. Eichorn (September 12, 1973–October 12, 1973)