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date: label: Collection Date
content: 1981
name: label: Collector
content: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit Service (Sites)
label: Collector
content: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit Service (Sites)
label: Donor Name
content: Sites Native Harvests
notes: label: Notes
content: THREE COLOR (RED, BLUE, NATURAL) DYED CANE ELBOW BASKET WITH TWINED CANE HANDLE IN OVER FOUR, UNDER FOUR PLAIN PLAIT WEAVE. MADE BY CLAUDE MEDFORD, JR., CHOCTAW, 132 1/2 BEHAN STREET, NATCHITOCHES, LA 71457. DESCRIBED AS HERBAL INFUSING SIFTER BASKET ON COLLECTION TAG. BLUE AND RED DYE ON OUTSIDE OF BASKET SHOW SIGNS OF FADING. ACQUIRED BY SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE (SITES) IN 1981 FOR NATIVE HARVEST EXHIBIT. CATALOG NUMBERS E430157-E430167 BY SAME ARTIST.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Choctaw
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378691
label: USNM Number
content: E430158-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 26 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 8 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 33 cm