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Object Number
980-11-10/58803
Display Title
Rice fanning basket
Descriptions
Object Description
Rice fanning basket with handles, old style. Rice fanning basket in the old style of rice fanning baskets, but smaller and with "handles" added. The materials are locally obtained broom sedge and palmetto.
Inventory Description
Basket, coiled tray with 2 handles worked into coiling at flared rim
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1980
Artist
Allen Green
(1980)
Culture
- African American
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Georgia
/
McIntosh County
Additional Geographic Terms
Sapelo Island; Hog Hammock Community
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Sedge, Palmetto
Dimensions
Overall: 7.8 x 41.5 x 38.7 cm (3 1/16 x 16 5/16 x 15 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
980-11-10/58803
Credit Line
Gift of Stephen Williams, 1980
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Stephen Williams
(07/1980)
Donor
Dr. Stephen Williams
(09/1980)
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