Burden basket

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Culture/People: Chachilla (Cayapas)
Collector: Samuel A. Barrett (Samuel Alfred Barrett/S.A. Barrett), Non-Indian, 1879-1965
Expedition sponsor: Marie A. Heye (Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye), Non-Indian, 1845-1915

Collection History: Collected between 1908 and 1909 by Samuel A. Barrett (1879-1965, later Director of the Milwaukee Public Museum and Research Associate at the Lowie Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley) during fieldwork sponsored by George Gustav Heye and his mother, Marie Antoinette Lawrence Heye (1845-1915).
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Place: Río Cayapas; Esmeraldas Province; Ecuador

See related items: Chachilla (Cayapas); Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 2/4023
Barcode: 024023.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Burden basket
Media/Materials: Vegetal Fiber
Techniques: Wicker-plaited

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d3a55553-e8c1-437d-84ae-4c4b8ff039e5

Record ID: NMAI_25655