Creel "Piyei"
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: NATURAL-COLORED, BOTTLE-SHAPED BASKET HAS ROUND BASE & FLARED MOUTH. TIGHT WEAVE W/ WIDE THICK STRIPS. SMALL LOOPED HANDLE/HANGER ATTACHED TO THE SIDE OF THE RIM. PAPER LABEL "58" AFFIXED TO BOTTOM. CREEL USED TO STORE FISH AS THEY'RE CAUGHT. NECK IS NARROW TO PREVENT FISH FROM JUMPING OUT. BASKET IS MADE TO CONFORM TO WOMEN'S WAIST. WORN ON WAIST OR AROUND HEAD IF SMALL. MEN USE LARGER ONES. SEE FIELD PHOTOS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Jaiahun, Bo District, Southern Province, Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mende
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409926
label: USNM Number
content: E427483-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fish Creel
physicalDescription: label: Height - W/o Handle
content: 40 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 25.5 cm