Basket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 2000
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: RECTANGULAR SHAPED PLAITED BASKET W/ THIN HANDLES. HANDLES ARE WOVEN INTO THE BASKET'S SIDES, AT WHICH POINT A BROWN COWRIE SHELL IS ALSO ATTACHED. SEVERAL STRANDS OF PURPLE, PINK AND GREEN DYED PANDANUS ARE WOVEN INTO THE BASKET'S EXTERIOR. ONE OF 4 BASKETS FOR BETEL AND PERSONAL ITEMS (428877 - 428884), PURCHASED FROM THE MAKER. ACCORDING TO DR. ADRIENNE KAEPPLER (CURATOR OF OCEANIC ETHNOLOGY) THIS BASKET WAS "MADE BY KERENGEL OF KAYANGEL, PALAU, APRIL 1992, SEE MY PHOTOGRAPHS ATTACHED DURING THE PLAITING." THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE IN THE ACCESSION FILE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Palau, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Palauan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416133
label: USNM Number
content: E428877-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 28.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 10.3 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 40 cm