Rice fanner basket made in Senegal
date: label: Date
content: 2010
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Caption
content: This handmade basket is used to separate the rice husk from the grain, one of many methods of rice cultivation that originated in West Africa. Along with other techniques for successful rice farming, West Africans brought the knowledge and skill of basket-making to rice plantations throughout the Americas, contributing to the creation of a prosperous rice plantation economy.
label: Description
content: A Senegalese rice fanner basket. The basket is made of coiled sweetgrass and other plant fibers. The large, circular basket has a flat bottom with sides extending just a few inches above the bottom to form a flat, shallow basket.
place: label: Place made
content: Senegal, West Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Foodways
label: Topic
content: Rice farming
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Stephanie Abbott
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.96.1
objectType: label: Type
content: winnowing baskets
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: sweetgrass and other plant fiber
label: Dimensions
content: 18 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 1 15/16 in. (47 x 47 x 5 cm)