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date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: LARGE AND DEEP BASKET PLAITED OF PALM LEAF STRIPS WITH A VERY WIDE OPENING AT THE TOP. A WIDE BRAIDED CORD OF COCONUT FIBER IS WOUND AROUND THE ENTIRE BASKET WITH TIES AT BOTH SIDES OF THE OPENING. THIS PEALE NUMBER HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED TO THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Aug 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: American Samoa (not certain), Samoa (not certain) / United States (not certain), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Samoan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E54161-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 55 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 36.5 cm