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 DARK BROWN CONTAINER AND LID ARE SPHEROID SHAPED. HIGH BASE FLARES OUT AND IS CONCAVE. LID FITS TIGHTLY INTO CONTAINER OPENING AND ALSO FLARES OUTWARD AND IS CONCAVE. BODY OF CONTAINER AND LID ARE DECORATED WITH RAISED WOVEN GEOMETRIC PATTERNS. A RIDGE AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE CONTAINER IS COVERED WITH STIFF DRESSED SKIN AND SEWN WITH NATURAL COLORED FIBER. BASE AND TOP OF LID ARE ALSO COVERED WITH STIFF DRESSED SKIN AND SEWN WITH FIBER. LEATHER STRIPS WITH BUCKLES ARE WRAPPED AROUND BASE, MIDDLE, AND TOP FORMING A LOOSE STRAP. THE LEATHER STRIPS ARE SUITCASE STRAPS RE-APPROPRIATED FOR THIS USE.
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: E428664-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Height - W/strap
content: 69.3 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 19 cm