Vegetable basket
date: label: Date
content: before 1863
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: A vegetable basket identified as made by an enslaved person in the Southern United States. The flat, round basket is made of reeds and hickory withe woven together. One side of the basket is flattened.
place: label: Place made
content: 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: 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: 2017.108.18.3
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: reed, plant fiber
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 19 1/8 × 19 1/8 × 2 15/16 in. (48.5 × 48.5 × 7.5 cm)