Basketry Box Of Palm Fibers
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1844
name: label: Collector
content: Copeland P. Jones
label: Donor Name
content: Nicholas E. Jones
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "BROUGHT FROM WEST COAST OF AFRICA IN 1844 BY COPELAND PARKER JONES, U.S.N. IN FORM OF A SMALL COFFIN WITH LID. WICKER WORK IN PALM STRIPS AND LEAF OF DIFFERENT COLORS; AN ELEGANT PIECE OF HANDIWORK. BASE OF BASKET BEARS INSCRIPTION: 'NICHOLAS E. JONES, CLEAN DRINKING MANOR, MONT. CO. MARYLAND. 1899' (ON JONES BRIDGE ROAD NEAR BETHESDA, MD.) PROBABLY MADE UNDER INFLUENCE OF EUROPEAN TRADERS OR MISSIONARIES FOR SALE TO EUROPEAN TRAVELERS - G.D.G. WHEN REST OF COLLECTION RETURNED TO EXECUTOR IN 1912, THIS EVIDENTLY NOT FOUND (WAS ON EXHIBIT) AND SO HAS REMAINED IN THE MUSEUM (1962). LOANED TO CULT. HIST. (MHT) 11/3/1966. RETURNED 2/13/1981."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Mayumba, Loango Coast, Congo, Republic of, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Vili
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005493
label: USNM Number
content: EL476-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basketry Box
physicalDescription: label: Length - Basket
content: 50 cm
label: Width - Basket
content: 17 cm
label: Height - Basket
content: 20 cm
label: Length - Lid
content: 53 cm
label: Width - Lid
content: 20 cm
label: Height - Lid
content: 7.5 cm