Peruvian Kaxinawá balsa basket on vine frame
Title
Peruvian Kaxinawá balsa basket on vine frame
Alternative Title
Kakan
Subject
basket, Kaxinawá, Kensinger, Peru
Description
A balsa basket that is tightly woven, soft, and squarish in shape. The top, sides, and bottoms have thick wood for support. The basket it stained with white and brown on black designs.
Notes on accession card:
"Design- orange: Achioke- by wife
black: mahogany
white: wood ash"
depth- 48 cm
circumference- 129.5
Notes on accession card:
"Design- orange: Achioke- by wife
black: mahogany
white: wood ash"
depth- 48 cm
circumference- 129.5
Creator
Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Awadetsati and wife
Date Created
c. 20th Century
Contributor
Kenneth Kensinger
Type
container
Publisher
Temple University Anthropology Lab
Identifier
1966-1-90
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Citation
Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Awadetsati and wife, “Peruvian Kaxinawá balsa basket on vine frame,” Anthropology Laboratory and Museum, accessed May 13, 2024, http://gamma.library.temple.edu/anthropologylab/items/show/151.