Handled Basket "Han Blai"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Oct 1996
label: Collection Date
content: 1975 to 1976
name: label: Collector
content: Margaret Sullivan
label: Donor Name
content: Margaret Sullivan
notes: label: Notes
content: RECTANGULAR BASKET W/ HANDLE, TIGHTLY WOVEN. INTERIOR & BASE WEAVE IS MADE OF BROWN VERTICAL WEFTS. EXTERIOR SHOWS BROWN HORIZONTAL WEFTS (LOOK LIKE COILED WEAVE FROM OUTSIDE) LASHED W/ NATURAL, RED & GREEN FIBERS. RIM IS COVERED W/ RED & NATURAL FIBERS. OVERHEAD HANDLE IS MADE FROM WRAPPING RED & NATURAL FIBERS AROUND A WOODEN TWIG FOR ADDITIONAL STURDINESS. MADE BY MEN. SEE MANUSCRIPT PP. 124-130.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Jul 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Mamunta, Mayossa Section Kholifa Chieftaincy, Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Temne
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409926
label: USNM Number
content: E427436-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 23 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 49 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 31 cm