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Object Number 55-4-10/34866
Display Title Half-hitch palmetto basket
Descriptions
Object Description Houma half-hitch palmetto basket
Inventory Description Basket, oval, knotted coiled construction
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Choctaw
  • Houma
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Louisiana / Terrebonne Parish / Houma
Materials Palmetto
Dimensions Overall: 11 x 23 x 19 cm (4 5/16 x 9 1/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55-4-10/34866
Provenance
Exchange participant Denver Art Museum (? - 1/17/1955)
Exchange participant Mr. Frederic H. Douglas (? - 1/17/1955)

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