Museum object · gathering baskets
Wire oyster basket
20th century
Maryland, United States, Chesapeake Bay, North and Central America
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.
A wire oyster basket. It has a circular bottom and a single wire handle on the lip.
- Catalog date
- 20th century
- Recorded places
- Maryland, United States, Chesapeake Bay, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Black Enterprise; Communities; Foodways; Labor
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Sources & collection details
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗
Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2013.195.4
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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