Rice fanner basket
date: label: Date
content: late 19th to early 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: A rice fanner basket. The shallow, round shaped basket is made of reeds, rush and palmetto woven together in a pattern of lighter and darker grasses. One side of the basket is slightly flattened.
place: label: Place collected
content: 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
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: 2017.108.18.1
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: 18 7/8 × 18 7/8 × 3 9/16 in. (48 × 48 × 9 cm)