Canasta Colgante
date: label: Date made
content: 20th century
label: Date made
content: ca 1979
notes: label: Description
content: This basket was bought in Luquillo in 1979. The hanging supports are made of <i>bejuco</i>, processed fiber from the century plant, or <i>maguey</i>. A large metal disk was placed around the top to keep rodents from crawling into it from above. Widely used in rural kitchens, it is called a <i>canestillo</i> in the center of the island and a <i>barandillo</i> in the north.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Esta canasta colgante fue adquirida en Luquillo en 1979. Los soportes están hechos de bejuco, fibra procesada del maguey. Se colocó un disco de metal grande alrededor de la parte superior para evitar que se introdujeran los roedores. Se utiliza mucho en las cocinas rurales y se la conoce como canestillo en el centro de la isla y como barandillo en el norte.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico: Luquillo, Luquillo
title: label: Title
content: Hanging Basket
topic: label: Subject
content: Daily Life
label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Vidal
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0097.1012
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.1012
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
objectType: label: Object Name
content: basket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plant fiber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 47.5 cm x 47 cm; 18 11/16 in x 18 1/2 in