Burden basket

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Culture/People: Nambikuára (Nambicuara)
Collector: Edgar Roquette-Pinto, Non-Indian, 1884-1954
Expedition sponsor: Rondon Commission, 1907-1915
Previous owner: Museu Nacional (Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro/National Museum of Brazil)

Collection History: Collected in 1912 by Edgar Roquette-Pinto (1884-1954) of the Rondon Commission (a project to expand telegraph service in the Brazilian Amazon); subsequently in the collection of the Museu Nacional do Rio De Janeiro (National Museum of Brazil); acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Museu Nacional in 1922.
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Place: Serra do Norte; North Mesoregion; Mato Grosso State, Central-West Region; Brazil

See related items: Nambikuára (Nambicuara); Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 11/460
Barcode: 110460.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Burden basket
Media/Materials: Reed, bark cloth
Techniques: Hexagonal-plaited

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws60a323668-b5ba-43e9-aff7-3d1d847178ad

Record ID: NMAI_119064