Moss Twister
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 May 1990
label: Collection Date
content: 1979
name: label: Collector
content: Ms. E. B. Kavasch
label: Donor Name
content: Sites Native Harvests
notes: label: Notes
content: SPANISH MOSS TWISTER MADE OF TWO PIECES OF CARVED WOOD. MADE BY ELIZABETH MARIE THOMPSON, KOASATI, ELTON, LA. COLLECTED BY MS. E. BARRIE KAVASCH IN 1979 AND DONATED TO THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE (SITES) FOR NATIVE HARVESTS EXHIBIT. 1/2-L. 29 CM.; W. 7 CM.; H. 2 CM. TRIANGULAR SHAPED BOARD FLATTENING AND WIDENING AT THE BASE WITH HOLE NEAR NARROW END.2/2-L. 22 CM.; DA. 2 CM. TUBULAR SHAPED PIECE OF WOOD WITH LARGER KNOB AT ONE END.
label: Notes
content: See similar object E261774.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Nov 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Elton, Louisiana, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Koasati (Coushatta)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378691
label: USNM Number
content: E430169-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Line Twister
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 2
content: 29 cm
label: Width - 1 Of 2
content: 7 cm
label: Height - 1 Of 2
content: 2 cm
label: Length - 2 Of 2
content: 22 cm
label: Diameter - 2 Of 2
content: 2 cm