Basket
Name/Title
BasketEntry/Object ID
1987.04.044Description
A woven basket in the shape of a turtle. The head, neck, and legs are of natural, brown and green reeds. The basket body is of natural reed with a red band of reed woven into it about 3/4's of the way down the basket body. One foot of the basket has a band of green comprised of 3/4 strands of bejuco.Artwork Details
Medium
Bejuco reedMade/Created
Artist
Timoteo Checam (Maya) made by his sonDate made
circa 1987Ethnography
Culture/Tribe
Mexican