Basket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1983
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mr. George C. Allen
notes: label: Notes
content: BASKET WITH STIFF HANDLE, NARROW AT BASE, WIDENING BOTH IN WIDTH AND DEPTH AS IT GOES UP. TURNS IN SLIGHTLY AT RIM. RIM IS WRAPPED WITH SPLIT CANE. BODY ISSPLIT CANE, CENTRAL DESIGN OF DYED CANE, RED IN CENTER AND BLACK AT SIDES, DYED WITH RIT, A COMMERCIAL ANALINE DYE. (TRADITIONAL DYES WOULD BE POKE SALAD ROOT AND WALNUT SHELLS, ACCORDING TO DONOR). CALLED A "BULL-NOSED BASKET" BY DONOR, MADE FOR HANGING ON WALLS AND FOR STORAGE. DESIGNS ARE TRADITIONAL.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Jena, La Salle Parish, Louisiana, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Choctaw, Jena
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 356741
label: USNM Number
content: E423123-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 28 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 32 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 18 cm