Object Details
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
- Description
- A rice fanner basket identified as being made by an enslaved person on the South Carolina coast. The large shallow, round tray shaped basket is made of reeds, rush and palmetto coiled and woven together. A faded purple string is woven through the basket on one side and knotted inside the basket.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- before 1863
- Object number
- 2017.108.18.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- baskets
- Medium
- rush, reed, plant fiber
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 22 1/16 × 22 1/16 × 3 15/16 in. (56 × 56 × 10 cm)
- Place made
- South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Tools and Equipment
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Agriculture
- American South
- Craftsmanship
- Foodways
- Labor
- Rice farming
- Rural life
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2017.108.18.2
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5557d68d7-48bc-4820-b076-15fda992195e
