Amazonian Storage Basket

Twined Basket

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Amazonian Storage Basket

Amazonian Storage Basket

Name/Title

Amazonian Storage Basket

Description

Large storage basket beautifully woven and in nearly perfect condition. Interesting rim created with a single very long rod sewn on forming several coils within the interior and ultimately doubling or tripling to form the rim. Possibly made by the Nukak people of Columbia.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Amazonia

Dimensions

Height

10-3/4 in

Diameter

15-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Diameter at rim is approx 15 1/2", max diameter of the basket is approx 17 1/2".

Twined Basket Details

Twined Start

Intersecting layered spokes

Twined Finish

Compound binding, coiled finish

Open/Closed Twining

Predominantly Open Twined

Predominant Twining Type

Plain Twining

Warp ("Vertical" Elements)

Primary Warp Type

Simple: Plain or parallel arrangement

Weft ("Horizontal" Elements)

Weft Slant

Z Slant (up to right)

Twined Construction Notes

The basket is almost entirely plain twined, with the exception of the upper edge where the reinforcing rod was attached, forming an area of lattice twining.