Straw Basket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Nov 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 2003
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Tall, narrow basket, with round rim and square bottom. Vertical elements (warps) are rigid reeds, interlaced with wide, flat dried grass or straw (wefts). Natural color. Bottom edge is reinforced with darker-colored twigs. This basket was purchased in Bamako market to be used as a decorative prop during the 2003 SI Folklife Festival (see accession history)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Feb 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Washington, District of Columbia, Mali / United States, Africa / North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Dogon
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2034092
label: USNM Number
content: E432934-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Height
content: 55 cm
label: Diameter - Rim
content: ca. 39 cm
label: Width - Bottom
content: ca. 20 cm