Basket W/ Lid "Sigi Ting"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Oct 1996
label: Collection Date
content: 1975 to 1976
name: label: Collector
content: Margaret Sullivan
label: Donor Name
content: Margaret Sullivan
notes: label: Notes
content: (1/2) ROUND, TIGHTLY WOVEN, NATURAL-COLORED BASKET MADE BY PETOI KARGBO, ONLY BASKET MAKER IN VILLAGE WHO EMPLOYS 3 WEAVERS. MAKER NOTED THAT THESE BASKETS ARE "THE BOXES OF THE COUNTRY," MEANING THAT THEY ARE SIMPLE & WIDELY USED. A WORD USED FOR SIMILAR LOW BASKET IS "HUGBODEM." CONDITION: RIM IS PARTIALLY DETACHED FROM BODY. (2/2) SHALLOW, UNATTACHED LID IS NATURAL-COLORED W/O HANDLE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Jul 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Konkoba, Koinadugu District, Northern Province, Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Limba
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409926
label: USNM Number
content: E427408-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Height - 1 Of 2
content: 38 cm
label: Diameter - 1 Of 2
content: 49 cm
label: Height - 2 Of 2
content: 10 cm
label: Diameter - 2 Of 2
content: 43 cm