Net, "Barcina", For Carrying Pottery
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 Apr 1897
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Edward Palmer
label: Donor Name
content: United States Department of Agriculture
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "AGAVE."
label: Notes
content: In 2006 a piece of disintegrating paper was found with the object which reads: "Net (Barcina) for carrying pottery....the feet are placed on the lower part of enterace and loaded backwards." The net was included in the NMNH Constitution Ave. Lobby Case exhibit featuring the ethnobotanical collections of Dr. Edward Palmer, Dec. 2006 - Jan. 2008. See also NMNH Department of Botany Edward Palmer collections web exhibit page on this artifact: http://botany.si.edu/colls/palmer/narrative_page.cfm?Narr=3&locality= .Identified there as net made of Agave leaf fibers.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Durango, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 031859
label: USNM Number
content: E176460-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Net