Gullah Fanner Basket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1998
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: COILED BASKET IS FLAT AND SHALLOW, WOVEN FROM NATURAL FIBERS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TECHNIQUE AND HISTORY, SEE ACCESSION FILE.
label: Notes
content: From African Voices exhibit: "In the past, farmers used coiled fanner baskets like this to winnow pounded rice, tossing it lightly in the air until the husks blew away and only clean rice remained."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 May 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hilton Head, South Carolina, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Gullah
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2010820
label: USNM Number
content: E428709-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 5.5 cm