Basket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Mar 1898
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William L. Abbott
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "FOR CARRYING FRUIT." FROM CARD: "178,132 A. CARRYING BASKET.-FRAME, OF TWO BENT POLES CROSSED AT RIGHT ANGLES AT THE BOTTOM, THE ENDS FORMING THE CORNERS OF THE BASKET. THE SIDES ARE COMPOSED OF STRAW TWINED OVER UPRIGHT REEDS. THE BASKET WORK IS CONTINUED ABOVE THE ENDS OF THE POLES AND NARROWED IN TO FORM A MOUTH, WHICH IS COVERED WITH A WOOLEN CLOTH. A CORD FOR CARRYING IS FASTENED AT ONE SIDE OF THE BASKET. IN USE IN LADAKH FOR CARRYING FRUIT ON THE BACK. HEIGHT, 21 INCHES; 15 INCHES SQUARE. LEH, LADAKH. 178,132. GIFT OF DR. W. L. ABBOTT."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Leh, Ladakh, India, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 033299
label: USNM Number
content: E178132-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 53 cm
label: Unknown - Sq
content: 38 cm