Peruvian Kaxinawá palm leaf basket

Title

Peruvian Kaxinawá palm leaf basket

Alternative Title

Chichan

Subject

basket, Kaxinawá, Kensinger, Peru

Description

A small, close-weaved, deep, roundish basket made of soft palm leaf.

Notes on accession card:
"Chichan
little and big alike are termed
made of ribs of unopened palms fronds"

depth- 7 cm
circumference- 39.4 cm

Creator

Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Noah's wife B

Date Created

c. 20th Century

Contributor

Kenneth Kensinger

Type

container

Publisher

Temple University Anthropology Lab

Identifier

1966-1-91

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Citation

Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Noah's wife B, “Peruvian Kaxinawá palm leaf basket ,” Anthropology Laboratory and Museum, accessed May 8, 2024, http://gamma.library.temple.edu/anthropologylab/items/show/152.