Fish Basket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Dec 1888
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. James Mooney
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Hung at the side. Cane bound with inner bark of hickory at top. "Fish Basket: Made of cane & bound at the top with hickory bark. The light red dye is probably aniline. It is about 12" high, with a square bottom about 6" across and is narrow at the top to prevent the escape of the fish. The bottom is loosely woven to allow the water to drip out. It is slung at the side by the men when fishing." - James Mooney Notes." From 19th or early 20th century exhibit label with card: "Fish Basket. - Made of cane splits, bound at the top with the inner bark of hickory. Height 9 1/2 inches. Open-meshed, square bottom 5 1/2 inches across; sides closely woven; round, constricted mouth 4 inches in diameter. Cherokee Indians, Eastern Cherokee Reservation, North Carolina. Collected by James Mooney. The basket is used to carry the catch, and is slung at the side. The open-meshed bottom allows the water to drain out, and the constricted neck prevents the escape of the fish."
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: 021450
label: USNM Number
content: E130477-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket