Basket Bag
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Charles Wilkes
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: "RUBU," OR FINELY WOVEN, FLAT, PANDANUS LEAF BAG OR SATCHEL. THE INTERIOR IS COARSELY WOVEN OF WIDER GAUGE PANDANUS STRIPS AND THE EXTERIOR IS MORE FINELY WOVEN IN DECORATIVE CHECKER-WORK IN BLACK AND NATURAL PANDANUS. THE OPENING AT THE TOP IS TIED WITH SIX CORDS OF BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER. MARKS> ATTACHED TAG READS, "PL. 54 R. 84, FIJI ISLANDERS CAPT. WILKES U.S.N. INTRODUCED FOR COMPARISON". PUBLICATION: SEE FERGUS CLUNIE, "YALO I VITI," FIJI MUSEUM, 1986, P. 31, FOR SIMILAR EXAMPLE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3246-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 86 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 38.5 cm