Basket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1980's
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: CIRCULAR PLAITED BASKET W/ WEAVE OF GRAY AND TAN CELLULOSE FIBER. THE BOTTOM OFTHE BASKET HAS A SQUARE DESIGN OF ONLY GRAY FIBER, WHILE THE REST OF THE BASKET IS COVERED IN GEOMETRIC DESIGN USING BOTH COLORS. BASKET'S INTERIOR HAS LOOSE UNWOVEN PIECES OF FIBER INSIDE IT. TOP OF THE BASKET IS MISSHAPEN INTO AN OVAL. DR. ADRIENNE KAEPPLER (CURATOR OF OCEANIC ETHNOLOGY) PURCHASED THIS BASKET IN 1984IN A MUSEUM SHOP. THIS BASKET IS PART OF A SET OF 3 NESTED BASKETS (428861-428863).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Vanuatu, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Melanesian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416133
label: USNM Number
content: E428862-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 26 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 21 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 15.5 cm