Basket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Charles Wilkes
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: A DOUBLY WOVEN RECTANGULAR BASKET MADE OF PANDANUS. THE LID HAS BEEN BROKEN OFF, BUT REMAINS WITH THE BASKET. THE EXTERIOR IS A FINELY WOVEN CHECKERBOARD WEAVE WITH SMALL DARKER CROSS-LIKE DESIGNS INTERSPERSED. THE INTERIOR IS A WIDER, COARSER CHECKERBOARD WEAVE. LABEL ATTACHED TO THE LID SAYS THAT THIS IS A FISH BASKET, COLLECTED BY CAPT. WILKES IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE CHARLES PICKERING'S HANDWRITING.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "LINED INSIDE. (GRASS)."
label: Notes
content: Peale # 1062. Peale catalogue identifies # 1058-1062 as "Baskets from the Samoan Islands."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
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: Fijian (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3394-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 41 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 21.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 18 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 13 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 14 cm