Canasta Colgante
Canasta Colgante
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- Description
- This basket was bought in Luquillo in 1979. The hanging supports are made of bejuco, processed fiber from the century plant, or maguey. A large metal disk was placed around the top to keep rodents from crawling into it from above. Widely used in rural kitchens, it is called a canestillo in the center of the island and a barandillo in the north.
- Description (Spanish)
- Esta canasta colgante fue adquirida en Luquillo en 1979. Los soportes están hechos de bejuco, fibra procesada del maguey. Se colocó un disco de metal grande alrededor de la parte superior para evitar que se introdujeran los roedores. Se utiliza mucho en las cocinas rurales y se la conoce como canestillo en el centro de la isla y como barandillo en el norte.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- basket
- Date made
- 20th century
- ca 1979
- Place Made
- Puerto Rico: Luquillo, Luquillo
- Physical Description
- plant fiber (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 47.5 cm x 47 cm; 18 11/16 in x 18 1/2 in
- ID Number
- 1997.0097.1012
- catalog number
- 1997.0097.1012
- accession number
- 1997.0097
- Credit Line
- Gift of Teodoro Vidal
- subject
- Daily Life
- Puerto Rico
- Household Tools and Equipment
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- Home and Community Life: Ethnic
- Cultures & Communities
- Domestic Furnishings
- Vidal
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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