Carrier Basket "Kulai"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Oct 1996
label: Collection Date
content: 1975 to 1976
name: label: Collector
content: Margaret Sullivan
label: Donor Name
content: Margaret Sullivan
notes: label: Notes
content: STRUCTURE IS MADE FROM CANE FROM MID-RIB OF PALM LEAF & HAS SQUARE BOTTOM, SIDE OPENING W/ A LATCHED DOOR, & CONVERGING SIDES TO FORM A ROOF W/ PINCHED ENDS. BOTTOM IS OPEN WEAVE FOR CHICKEN DROPPINGS TO FALL THROUGH. SIDES & ROOF ARE CLOSE-WEAVE EXCEPT FOR ONE HORIZONTAL BAND AROUND & ABOVE SIDE OPENING. ATTACHED STRING IS CARRYING STRAP. USED FOR TRANSPORTING CHICKENS TO & FROM MARKET. SEE CATALOG P. 19.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Jul 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Jaiahun, Bo District, Southern Province, Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mende
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409926
label: USNM Number
content: E427481-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 27 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 45 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 30 cm