Haan Basket With Lid
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Aug 1996
label: Collection Date
content: 1980 to 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Anita Sulieman
label: Donor Name
content: Foundation For Crosscultural Understanding
notes: label: Notes
content: TIGHTLY WOVEN CONTAINER IS SPHEROID IN SHAPE WITH HIGH FLARING, CONCAVE BASE. LID FITS TIGHTLY INTO CONTAINER OPENING AND IS SHAPED LIKE AN HOURGLASS. THE UPPER PART OF THE LID IS COVERED WITH STIFF LEATHER AND IS DECORATED WITH COWRIE SHELLS. BASE IS ALSO COVERED WITH LEATHER. A NET MADE FROM WOVEN THIN LEATHER STRIPS IS ATTACHED AT THE TOP TO A RIDGE AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE CONTAINER. THICK LEATHER STRAPS ARE ATTACHED TO THIS RIDGE SERVING AS A CARRYING STRAP. DECORATED WITH COWRIE SHELLS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Somalia, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Somali
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409930
label: USNM Number
content: E428665-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Height - W/strap
content: 81 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 18 cm