Basketry Purse
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 Sep 1979
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Ethel C. Freeman
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Ethel C. Freeman
notes: label: Notes
content: FLAT DISC SHAPED CONTAINER OPENING ON THE WIDE FLAT SIDE, WITH DOUBLE HANDLES ON EDGE WOVEN OF THICKCOILS OF TAN SWEET GRASS & BROWN PINE-NEEDLES BOUND WITH STRIPS OF SPLIT PALMETTO LEAF. IDENTIFIED BY DONOR AS FROM MASCOGAS (SEMINOLE) OF COAHUILA, MEXICO. IDENTIFICATION CHANGED TO GULLAH PER CURATOR W. STURTEVANT. SEE NOTES IN ACCESSION FILE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 May 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Charleston, Near, Sea Islands, South Carolina, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Gullah
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 319549
label: USNM Number
content: E418417-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Object
content: 25 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 9 cm