Bread Raising Basket Collected in West Virginia, 19th Century
notes: label: Description
content: This coiled grass basket was collected in Morgantown, West Virginia. However, by the style, shape, and use of bulrush and other plants, curators know that this basket was probably made in the late 1800s or early 1900s somewhere in the Lowcountry (coastal) region of the Carolinas and Georgia or on the nearby Atlantic Sea Islands. The basket was probably carried to West Virginia. The Gullah or Geechee people who made baskets of this type both carried on traditions from African ancestors and incorporated innovations created by American-born ancestors. This small basket could have been used to carry many small items. The distinctive Lowcountry region of the Carolinas and Georgia and the nearby Atlantic Sea Islands culture are now part of the National Park Service as the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor.
topic: label: Subject
content: Blacks
label: Subject
content: African American
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition
content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Walter Hough
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.175465
label: catalog number
content: 175465
label: accession number
content: 30062
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: grass, swamp (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, oak (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: coiled (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/8 in x 11 7/8 in x 12 in; 6.0325 cm x 30.1625 cm x 30.48 cm