Basket Bag
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: James W. Sheaf
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: "RUBU," OR FINELY WOVEN, FLAT, PANDANUS LEAF BAG OR WALLET. THE INTERIOR IS COARSELY WOVEN OF WIDER GAUGE PANDANUS STRIPS AND THE EXTERIOR IS FINELY WOVEN IN BLACK AND NATURAL PANDANUS CHECKERWORK. THE OPENING IS TIED WITH SEVERAL CORDS OF BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER. MARKS> SMALL TAG ATTACHED READS, "3244 FIJEE ISLDS. J.W. SHEAF". EXAMINED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "BLACK STAINED PANDANUS AND PLAIN, SENNIT BRAID HANDLE, INNER ENVELOPE OF .5" COARSE PLAIT. (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41.)"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
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: E3244-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 21.2 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 10 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 4 cm