Plaited Cane Fanner Basket
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William C. Sturtevant
notes: label: Notes
content: Notes from Sturtevant's personal catalog: "Cane basket fanner, small, twill, 04U4, scoop-shaped, 12 1/2" long. Purchased at crafts stand at Fair ($2.00?). 562-583 obtained during attendance at annual Choctaw Indian Fair, Pearl River School, W. of Philadelphia, Miss., 30 Aug. - 2 Sept. 1961. Miss. Choctaw"
label: Notes
content: Fanner baskets are traditionally used to winnow ground corn to remove husks/chaff in the cornmeal making process.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Jan 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Mississippi, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Choctaw
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2049174
label: USNM Number
content: E437597-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket