Men's Basket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 May 1949
name: label: Donor Name
content: American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "CLOSELY WOVEN TWINING TECHNIQUE, PAINTED AND DECORATED WITH FEATHERS, SOMETIMES CALLED DILLY BAGS. CARRIED OVER LEFT SHOULDER AND UNDER THE ARM. DURING BATTLES THEY ARE GRASPED IN THE MOUTH TO FRIGHTEN ADVERSARY. USED TO CARRY HONEY, WAX, KNIVES, ETC.."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Feb 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Milingimbi Island (Yurruwi), Arnhem Land / Crocodile Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 178294
label: USNM Number
content: E387538-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Minimum Length - Object
content: 29.84 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: 34.93 cm