Basket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Oct 1996
label: Collection Date
content: 1975 to 1976
name: label: Collector
content: Margaret Sullivan
label: Donor Name
content: Margaret Sullivan
notes: label: Notes
content: TIGHTLY WOVEN, NATURAL COLORED ROUND BASKET HAS CONCAVE BOTTOM. TAPERS TOWARD OPENING. OVERHEAD HANDLE HAS ENDS SPLIT INTO 2 JOINTS W/ THE RIM FOR FURTHER SUPPORT. CONDITION: DARK BROWN STAIN IN INTERIOR BASE. PURCHASED AT BO AGRICULTURAL FAIR. MADE TO SHOW BASKET MAKER'S SKILL. NO SPECIFIC FUNCTION FOR BASKET. WON A PRIZE FOR TECHNIQUE AT THE MAY 1977 BO AGRICULTURAL SHOW. SEE CATALOG P. 11.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Jul 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bo, Bo District, Southern Province, Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mende
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409926
label: USNM Number
content: E427495-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 37 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 37 cm