Basket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. John L. Fox
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: ROUNDED OVAL, COILED BASKET WITH SPLIT STITCH CONSTRUCTION. THE DECORATIVE FEATURES INCLUDE SHELL, WHITE BEADS AND RED/ORANGE FEATHERS COVERING VARIOUS AREAS OF THE BODY OF THE BASKET. THERE ARE ALSO GROUPS OF VERTICAL BLACK STRIPES EMANATING FROM THE RIM, AND CHEVRON MOTIFS NEAR THE BASE. THERE IS ALSO A VEGETABLE FIBER CORD ATTACHED THROUGH A HOLE IN THE RIM. PUBLICATION: "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," BY VIOLA & MARGOLIS, S.I. PRESS, 1985, P.144. U.S.N.M. ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1902, ABORIGINAL AMERICAN BASKETRY, OTIS MASON, FIG. 164, LEFT, P. 446. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS.: USNMR, 1902. O.T. MASON; "ABORIGINAL AMERICAN BASKETRY", P. 446 , ILL. 164 LEFT. TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED AS COASTAL MIWOK WITH DESIGNS IN BULRUSH ROOT (SCIRPUS SPP.) BY RANDALL DEAN, 1987."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: California, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2138-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 9.3 cm
label: Diameter - Rim
content: 17 cm
label: Diameter - Base
content: 13.5 cm