Closely Plaited Wallet In Check Pattern
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 Jul 1876
name: label: Donor Name
content: Us Consul Isaac M. Brower
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "OLD LABEL: "INTERIOR WOVEN OF WIDE STRIPS OF PALM INTO CHECKER PATTERN; EXTERIOR ALSO IN CHECKER PATTERN, BUT VERY CLOSE AND OF NARROWER STRIPS OF DIFFERENT COLORS. THE EFFECT IS MADE MORE PLEASING BY THE INTRODUCTION OF HORIZONTAL ROWS OF RED. HANDLE OF VERY FINE BROWN SEEWEED PLAITED." L. 15". DEPTH: 8"."
label: Notes
content: This type of flat basket or satchel, rubu, was made by women, especially in Central Fiji (Lomaiviti), and used to carry small items such as turbans (isala).
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: 005306
label: USNM Number
content: E23984-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 38 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 20 cm