Basket Bag
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Henry Eld
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FLAT, COCONUT LEAF, TWILL PLAITED BAG OR SATCHEL. THE SIDES ARE TIED WITH A BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD. AT THE CLOSED PORTION IS A NUMBER OF STRANDS OF COCONUT FIBER CORD WHICH CAN BE TIED AROUND THIS BASKET (AS A COVER) AND CATALOGUE # E3304 WHICH FITS NEATLY INSIDE. MARKS> ATTACHED TAG READS, "MR. H[ENRY] ELD - 5 FEMALE DRESSES IN 2 BASKETS - VINCENNES". THIS BASKET HAD ITS CATALOGUE #3305 CHANGED AT SOME TIME TO #3505. IT HAS BEEN CHANGED BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL NUMBER WHICH COULD BE CLEARLY SEEN. E3304 FITS INSIDE 3305; THE HANDLE IS AT THE BOTTOM OF 3305 AND THE CORD CLOSES AROUND THE TWO.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3305-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 57.4 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 23.5 cm