Basket, "saranip"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Jun 2005
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Basket made of dried grasses, twined together with string. Round bottom, soft sides. Braided at the top. Long, braided handle. According to Chisato Dubreuil, small "saranip" bags were used for gathering wild plants in the mountains and crops in the fields. A large saranip is called a "paro saranip", and is used for storing grains or carrying agricultural products. If it was heavy, a carrying strap was attached to the bag, and it hung from one's forehead, across the shoulders, resting on the back. Made for the 1999 NMNH exhibit "Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People" using traditional Ainu materials and techniques.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ainu
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2026093
label: USNM Number
content: E430750-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object, Without Handle
content: 36.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 26.5 cm