Coiled; shallow basin-shaped. Thick coiled bundles of Juncus rush ("sage-grass"), split cane (?) sewing strands, split palmetto leaf strips sewing strands. Center missing, part of rim lost.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina
Verbatim coll. place:
South Carolina; Beaufort; Hilton Head
Culture or time period:
Gullah
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1939
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
December 16, 1974
Context of use:
Winnowing basket. Rice winnowing, corn meal, etc. Also carrying on the head; general agricultural use; receptacle. (fide Greg Day, doctoral candidate, Rutgers University, July 1976)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 46.5 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "Fanner basket". Context of use: "Width of base of fanner baskets varied to suit the user, but the wall is ALWAYS 8 coils high, also in corresponding Angolan fanners." (fide Greg Day, doctoral candidate, Rutgers University, July 1976)