Grain Storage Basket (Sesiu)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Sep 2022
label: Collection Date
content: 2005 to 2006
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Edith Dunn
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Edith Dunn
notes: label: Notes
content: Large grain storage basket. Roughly globular, but slightly taller on one side. Made from bundles of thick grass-like fibers, woven together with strands of braided fibers. The collector, Edith Dunn, commissioned this basket in 2005 or 2006 from Mr. Phantši Nyabela, one of the few basket makers that still made this type of large storage basket. Most local households by then were using plastic containers to store their grain. Mr. Nyabela used mohlomo (Hyparrhenia hirta) and leloli (Cyperus Marginatus) to weave grain baskets. This basket has never been used and does not have the mud coating that is normally put on the outside to prevent oxidization of the grains that are stored in them.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Sep 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Maseru, Lesotho, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sotho (Basotho)
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content: Anthropology
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content: Ethnology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2089762
label: USNM Number
content: E437516-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 122 cm
label: Width
content: 107 cm
label: Maximum Height
content: 61 cm