Large Basket Tray Ornamented
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Edward Palmer
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Edward Palmer
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN NAT. MUS. REPT 1884, PL. XXVIII FIG. 53, P. 306; [also] ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1902; FIG. 177; PG. 486." See also NMNH Department of Botany Edward Palmer collections web exhibit page on this artifact: http://botany.si.edu/colls/palmer/narrative_page.cfm?Narr=11&locality= . Object is identified there as a coiled basket. It is noted on the web page that the Cahuilla used a grass (Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) Hitch.) bundle with a rush (Juncus sp.) or willow (Salix sp.) as the primary sewing material, accented with sumac (Rhus trilobata).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Jun 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: California, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cahuilla
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005334
label: USNM Number
content: E21786-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket