Basket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. John L. Fox
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: COILED BOWL SHAPED BASKET WHICH NARROWS AT THE RIM. THE EXTERIOR OF THE BASKET IS COVERED WITH BANDS OF GREEN AND RED IRRIDESCENT FEATHERS. THIS OBJECT WAS REMOVED FROM EXHIBIT IN THE SPLENDORS OF NATURE HALL, 1985. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "COVERED WITH RED & GREEN FEATHERS OF KINGFISH."
label: Notes
content: All information below from Linda Yamane, Ohlone basketweaver, 5 Nov. 2009: This coiled basket is most likely of Ohlone (a.k.a. Costanoan) manufacture. Another similar one is in the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, documented from Santa Cruz, CA. Materials: Foundation: 1 rod willow, peeled shoots. Weaving material: sedge rhizomes, split and peeled. Pattern: Woven into stitches as basket constructed. 4 horizontal rows of adult male mallard duck head feathers (green). 3 horizontal rows of acorn woodpecker feathers (red).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Aug 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: California, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2135-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 11 cm
label: Diameter - Base
content: 16 cm
label: Diameter - Rim
content: 10.3 cm