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  • Collection: Kaxinawá/Kensinger Collection

Peruvian Kaxinawá palm leaf basket

A small, close-weave palm leaf basket with a roundish square shape. The top is bound in twine.

Notes on accession card:
"Chichan- little and big alike are termed this.
Made from ribs of unopened palm fronds."

depth- 7 cm
circumference- 43.5…

Peruvian Kaxinawá palm leaf basket

A small, close-weave palm leaf basket with a roundish square shape. The top is bound in white string.

Notes on accession card:
"Chichan- Little and big alike are termed this.
Made of ribs of unopened palm fronds"

depth- 49 cm
circumference-…

Peruvian Kaxinawá palm leaf basket

A close-weave palm leaf basket with a roundish square shape. The top is bound in white string.

Notes on accession card:
"Chichan- Little and big alike are termed this.
Made of ribs of unopened palm fronds"

depth- 14 cm
circumference- 84 cm

Peruvian Kaxinawá palm leaf basket

A close-weave palm leaf basket with a roundish square shape. The top is bound in brown twine.

Notes on accession card:
"Chichan- Little and big alike are termed this.
Made of ribs of unopened pal fronds"

depth- 11 cm
circumference- 72 cm

Peruvian Kaxinawá palm leaf basket pair

A pair of close-weaved, soft palm leaf baskets in the shape of deep roundish squares. The tops are bound together in white string.

depth:
a- 15 cm
b- 14.2 cm

circumference:
a- 64 cm

Peruvian Kaxinawá palm leaf basket pair

A pair of close-weaved, soft palm leaf baskets in the shape of deep roundish squares. The tops are bound together in white string.

depth:
a- 15.9 cm
b- 12.9 cm

circumference:
a- 68 cm
b- 77 cm

Peruvian Kaxinawá palm leaf basket pair

A pair of close-weaved, soft palm leaf baskets in the shape of deep roundish squares. The tops are bound together in pink string.

Notes on accession card:
"Little and big alike are termed chichan
made of ribs of unopened palm…

Peruvian Kaxinawá palm leaf basket pair

A pair of close-weaved, soft palm leaf baskets in the shape of deep roundish squares. The tops are bound together in white string.

Notes on accession card:
"Little and big alike are termed Chichan
Made of ribs of unopened palm…

Peruvian Kaxinawá palm leaf fire fan

A fire fan consisting of woven dried palm leaves in a pentagon shape with a straight wood strip at the base.

length at top- 27 cm
width- 45.5 cm

Peruvian Kaxinawá pink and white heron feather headdress

A headdress consisting of a wooden circle adorned with pink, black, and white woven material featuring three rows of feathers. The pink and white feathers are from a heron. The two tall feathers in the back of this headdress are macaw tail feathers…