DepartmentLatin America

Basket

NameBasket

CultureTucano Indians (of the Rio Negro)

Date1977

Place madeManaus, Amazonas, Brazil, South America

Mediumfiber

DimensionsOverall: 9 7/16 in. (24 cm)

Credit LineGift of Sallie Wagner, IFAF Collection, Museum of International Folk Art

Object numberFA.1977.34.25

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionRound, cylindrical basket with square bottom. Natural colored fibers are used with red-dyed fibers to create two bands of geometrical designs. Red-dyed fibers are dyed only on one side so that the inside of the basket has no design.Purch. at a mission in manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.