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Basket bowl

The inner surface of the round basket bowl is decorated with a refined, geometrical pattern. The upper rim is reinforced using reed hoops. Such basket bowls were used to store maniok flatbread, one of the main nutritional staples of the Taulipáng (Pemón).

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Pemón
Object type
Schale
Dimensions
Height: 155.0 mm
Diameter: 590.0 mm
Material/Technique
Plant material
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
III/1067

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1911 - 1913
  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    10.10.1914
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    America

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED
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