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Object Number
995-29-10/73184
Display Title
Plaited basket, made over glass jar
Descriptions
Object Description
Straight-sided basket with constricted neck and flaring rim, plaited (1/1 interlacing) of wood splints and braided sweetgrass. Larger rim element is attached by coiling. Wide warp elements of natural wood splints; weft elements are all much narrower, with natural, orange, green, purple, and brown wood splints and braided sweet grass grouped into stripes. Two loop handles at sides, fashioned from coils of wood splints. Dimensions: height = 14 cm, rim diameter = 9 cm, max. width (incl. handles) = 10.5 cm.
Inventory Description
Basket, woven around glass jar, cylindrical, constricted neck, ring handles
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900-1995
Artist
Rosie Clark
Culture
- Penobscot
- Eastern Abenaki
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Maine
Additional Geographic Terms
Woodlands, northeast
Dimensions
Overall: 13.9 x 10.7 x 9.1 cm (5 1/2 x 4 3/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73184
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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