Basket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Aug 2003
label: Collection Date
content: 1976
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Basket from Rennel or Bellona, collected in Honiara (Guadalcanal Island) in 1976 by Curator of Oceania Ethnology Adrienne Kaeppler. She says that this basket is made in the traditional form.
label: Notes
content: Basket woven with two undyed/natural colors. Various twill patterns. Woven in a tube, with the elements woven together at the bottom, and then flattened to make a pouch. Top edge is reinforced with stitching and cut. Three braided cords on each side, tied together at the ends to make a long handle.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Honiara, Rennell / Bellona / Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Solomon Islanders
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2029766
label: USNM Number
content: E431596-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Length
content: 30 cm
label: Maximum Height - Not Including Handles
content: 32 cm