Sao Jose, Timbira, Maranhao, Brazil, South America
Accession Date:
24 Apr 2006
Collection Date:
1968
Notes:
SEWN BABASSU, OVAL BOX WITH COVER. MADE BY AND OBTAINED FROM FRANCISCO, A 39 Y/O MALE. UNUSED. GIFT. SEE ACCESSION FILE FOR LINGUISTIC AND CENSUS INFORMATION. "UNLIKE ANY OTHER BASKET IN THE SOUTH AMERICAN COLLECTION. RESEMBLES JAPANESE TOBACCO BOXES. 6/97 BMW" BOX HAS LID NEARLY AS DEEP AS THE BOTTOM. FINELY MADE. FOLDED BABASSU LEAFLETS APPEAR TO FIRST BE SEWN ONTO BOTH SIDES OF A SMALL STRIP OF CANE 14 CMS LONG. STRIPS OF A WOODY PLANT ARE FORMED INTO OVAL BANDS AND ONE IS PLACED AROUND ONE OF THE LENGTHS OF CANE. THE FOLDED LEAFLETS ARE THEN PULLED UP OVER THIS HOOP AND THE SECOND HOOP PULLED UP ON THE OUTSIDE SO THAT ONE HOOP RESTS INSIDE THE OTHER, SEPARATED ONLY BY THE LEAFLETS; THEN BOTH ARE SEWN IN. RIM IS STABILIZED BY SEWING AROUND THE CIRCUMFERANCE 1/4 INCH BELOW THE FOLD. A 61 CM CORD IS TIED AND THEN TREADED AROUND CANE RESULTING IN A DOUBLE LOOP CORD. LID DONE IN THE SAME MANNER, BUT NO CORD.
