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Object Number 993-20-10/71151
Display Title Egg Basket
Descriptions
Object Description Old egg basket with new handle. Twill weave in natural and blue-green cane. Wrapped rim and handle. Repaired, with handle added by Zula Chicota. Basket itself is 50 years old. 34.5 cm H (19.4 cm H without handle) x 40cm x 32 cm. Oval rim, rectangular bottom.
Inventory Description Basket, rectangular, handle across rim, band of chevrons on body
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Date 1940
Culture
  • Choctaw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Mississippi
Dimensions Overall: 34 x 41 x 32 cm (13 3/8 x 16 1/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-20-10/71151
Provenance
Collector Rose Bryan (10/01/1992)

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