Large Packing Basket "Iti"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Feb 1891
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. James Mooney
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Packing Basket (Iti): This basket was formerly used by the women for carrying corn, chestnuts etc. It was slung at the back by means of the kanatsi strap or a twisted piece of sheeting, which was past around the middle of the basket & came over the shoulders in front. It has not been superseded by the piece of sheeting, which is twisted into a bag and slung over the back in the same way, and at other times in wrapt about the waist so as to form a convenient pocket, or thrown over the shoulders to keep out the dampness and cold. ... It is a fair type of the class. It was made by order, as only two or three badly damaged specimens are all that now remain in the tribe. It is of the ordinary size and will hold aboit three bushels. it is made of oak splints, with a binding of the inner bark of the hickory around the top. The yellow and black dyes are of Indian preparation, obtained separately from puccoon or bloodroot (Sanguinaria) & the bark from the root of the walnut tree. The red dye on the smaller iti is obtained from aniline (No. 130,475). - James Mooney Notes."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Eastern Cherokee Reservation, North Carolina, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cherokee
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 024012
label: USNM Number
content: E135178-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket