Bear grass basket

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Object Number 2004.16.9

Display Title Bear grass basket

Descriptions

Object Description Bear grass basket

Inventory Description Basket, oval, flat base

Classification

Basket

Department Ethnographic

Date 1989 or earlier

Culture

Raramuri
Tarahumara

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Central America / Mexico / Chihuahua

Intrasite Cuervito (Wa'eachi)

Additional Geographic Terms Chihuahua, Southwestern: Sierra Madre Occidental

Materials Plant fiber, Beargrass

Dimensions Overall: 9 x 26.5 x 23 cm (3 9/16 x 10 7/16 x 9 1/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 2004.16.9

Credit Line Gift of Jerome M. Levi

Provenance

Collector Jerome Meyer Levi (1989 - 6/16/04)

Donor Jerome Meyer Levi (1989 - 6/16/04)

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