Basketry Hat?
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2005
label: Collection Date
content: Late 1850s
name: label: Collector
content: John S. Brooks
label: Donor Name
content: Ms. Candace Brown
notes: label: Notes
content: Conical basket or basketry hat. Point / top is missing. Warp of flat, rigid fibers, and weft of raffia-like fiber, some undyed and some dyed dark brown. Main part is plain weave, with 2 wide dark brown weft stripes. Around the rim is a wide decorative band, with the dark and light wefts forming a vertical zig-zag pattern. This area is less firmly woven, and has more damage. Similar to E432137
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2029672
label: USNM Number
content: E432171-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Diameter
content: 31.5 cm
label: Height
content: 13.5 cm