DepartmentLatin America

Carrying Basket

NameBasket

Artist Artist not recorded

Datec. 1960

(not assigned)México

Place madeToluca, Mexico, Mexico, North America

MediumNatural and dyed vegetal fiber

Dimensions4 1/2 × 29 15/16 × 7 1/8 in. (11.5 × 76 × 18.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.17.79

Object numberA.1979.17.79

DescriptionCoiled, multicolor geometric, animal, human motifs, carrying straps, attached cover, vegetal fiber, light natural ground. Elaborate border at bottom.

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