Museum object · baskets
Basket for cotton
1850s
Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
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Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
Large rectangular basket constructed from interwoven plant fibers. Top edges of basket coming apart.
- Catalog date
- 1850s
- Recorded places
- Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Agriculture; American South; Cotton; Labor; Slavery
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2014.312.87
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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