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Basket-bag woven of rushes and elaeagnus bark twine, hooped mouth with strap
Basket-bag woven of rushes and elaeagnus bark twine, hooped mouth with strap
Object Number 15-36-10/86276
Display Title Basket-bag woven of rushes and elaeagnus bark twine, hooped mouth with strap
Descriptions
Object Description Basket-bag woven of rushes and elaeagnus bark twine. Hooped mouth. Carrying strap.
Inventory Description Basket, woven fiber, cylindrical, hooped mouth, hide strap handle
Classification
  • Basket
  • Fishing and trapping
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Leather Bark fiber
Dimensions Rim diameter: 26 cm, 43 cm deep
Quantity 1
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (1915)
Collector James A. Teit

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