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Object Number
995-29-10/73173
Display Title
Coiled bowl-shaped basket
Descriptions
Object Description
Coiled bowl-shaped basket with insloping sides. Sides are sweet grass sewn with brown, yellow, red, and green cotton thread; base is palmetto fiber.
Dimensions: height = 6.2 cm, max. diameter = 16.9 cm, rim diameter = 12 cm.
Inventory Description
Basket, coiled, pounded fiber base, colored thread twining
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1960-1989
Artist
Ruth Poncho
Culture
- Coushatta?
- Seminole?
- Koasati?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Florida
Additional Geographic Terms
Seminole reservation
Dimensions
Overall: 6.2 x 16.9 x 17 cm (2 7/16 x 6 5/8 x 6 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73173
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(December 21, 1971 - 1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1971 - 1995)
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