Rice fanner basket from Winea Plantation
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: A coiled rice fanner basket identified as being made by an enslaved person on Winea Plantation, Georgetown, South Carolina. The basket is shaped as a large shallow tray, with a short handle on one side and is made of reeds, rush, and palmetto fronds. The brim is frayed and unraveling.
place: label: Place made
content: Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Foodways
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Rice farming
label: Topic
content: Rural life
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.18.4
objectType: label: Type
content: baskets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: rush, reed, plant fiber
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 20 7/8 × 20 7/8 × 4 15/16 in. (53 × 53 × 12.5 cm)