DepartmentLatin America
Lidded Basket
NameBasket
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Datec. 1960
Place madeTalagante, Santiago, Chile, South America
MediumNatural and dyed straw, cotton string
Dimensions5 1/8 × 7 3/16 × 3 9/16 in. (13 × 18.3 × 9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.67.619X
Object numberA.1979.67.619X
DescriptionRectangular box with lid and handle. Wrapped wickerwork of natural straw and straw dyed with synthetic purple and gree, flat braided handle and trim. Constructed of squares tied together with cotton string. // $30 ea.
late 19th - early 20th century