Basket-Sling
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "BASKET STRAP.---A BAND MADE OF YARN OF VARIOUS COLORS WOVEN IN ZIG-ZAG DESIGNS, WITH A PLAITED ROPE ATTACHED TO ONE END. USED TO FACILITATE THE CARRYING OF HEAVILY LADEN BASKETS. THE ROPES ARE FASTENED TO THE BASKET, WHICH IS HELD ON THE BACK BY THE WOVEN STRAP PLACED OVER THE FOREHEAD OF THE CARRIER. WIDTH, 2 3/4 INCHES. CLALLAM INDIANS (SALISHAN STOCK), WASHINGTON TERRITORY. 23,471. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Feb 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Washington, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Clallam (Klallam, S'Klallam)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005260
label: USNM Number
content: E23471-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tump Line
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 6.99 cm