Basket Bag
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Robert E. Johnson
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: "RUBU," OR FINELY WOVEN, FLAT, PANDANUS LEAF BAG OR SATCHEL. THE INTERIOR IS COARSELY WOVEN OF WIDER GAUGE PANDANUS STRIPS AND THE EXTERIOR IS FINELY WOVEN IN DECORATIVE GEOMETRIC PATTERNS IN DARK BROWN, BLACK AND NATURAL PANDANUS. THE DECORATIVE PATTERNS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN A CENTRAL BAND, WITH THE TWO OUTSIDE BANDS PLAIN. THE OPENING AT THE TOP IS TIED WITH A BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD. MARKS> HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO ATTACHED TAG READS, "BY R.E. JOHNSON, EX. EX. B[OX] 34, NO. 4". PUBLICATION: SEE FERGUS CLUNIE, "YALO I VITI," FIJI MUSEUM, 1986, P. 31, FOR A SIMILAR EXAMPLE. EXAMINED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "INNER ENVELOPE 1" WEFT. ORIG. TAG: "BY R. E. JOHNSON, EX. EX. B. 34, NO. 4". (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: E3243-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 68.7 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 30.7 cm