Basket with cover

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Date created: 1900-1915

Culture/People: Waiwai
Collector: A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954
Previous owner: A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954
Seller: A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954

Collection History: Collected by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill (1871-1954, explorer, author, and MAI field collector) at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from Hyatt Verrill in 1918.
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Place: Wapuau River; Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region; Guyana

See related items: Waiwai; Containers and Vessels
On View: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Amazonia

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 7/4470
Barcode: 074470.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels
Indigenous Term: pakára

Object Name: Basket with cover
Media/Materials: Larouma fiber, macaw feather/feathers, cotinga scalp/scalps, cordage, dye/dyes
Techniques: Dyed, twill-plaited, tied

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6624acdba-0bfd-4838-96ec-f103028c3d70

Record ID: NMAI_80204