Tray "Katemay" (Temne Term) Or "Fele" (Mende Term)
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: NATURAL COLORED OVAL SHAPED TRAY HAS HARD RIM LASHED TO BASKETRY BASE. INTERIOR WEAVE PATTERN CONSISTS OF NATURAL COLORED & BROWN ZIG-ZAGS. USED FOR WINNOWING RICE. MALE ARTISAN IS ONLY MAKER OF THESE IN VILLAGE & SOLD PRODUCTS LOCALLY. SOMETIMES HUNG IN FIELD FOR PROTECTION. SEE "TEMNE HOUSE" BY JAMES LITTLEJOHN, ARTICLE IN SULLIVAN FILES, MANUSCRIPT P. 74, CATALOG P. 19.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bai Lago (S/SE of Bo, beyond Koribundu), Bo District, Southern Province, Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Temne
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409926
label: USNM Number
content: E427499-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tray
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 68.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 53.5 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 6 cm