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Object Number
995-29-10/73186A
Display Title
Round plaited basket (A) with lid (B)
Descriptions
Object Description
Straight-sided, round basket, plaited (1/1 interlacing) with wide, gold-colored wood splint warps, and wefts of thin natural and gold wood splints plus braided sweet grass, in stripe pattern. Rim reinforced with wood splints on either side, attached by coiling. Lid made in same way, but includes un-twisted sweetgrass as weft, in addition to braided grass and wood splints, and rim is reinforced with a bundle of sweet grass on the outside and a wood splint inside. Loop handle on lid made from wood splint. Dimensions: height including lid = 9.2 cm, height to rim = 8 cm, max. diameter including lid = 18.2 cm, basket diameter = 17 cm.
Inventory Description
Basket, circular, flat base, straight sides, woven grass and bark, natural
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
Late 20th Century
Culture
- Northern Algonquin?
- Mohawk?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New York
Materials
Bark, Sweetgrass, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 7.7 x 17.5 x 17.2 cm (3 1/16 x 6 7/8 x 6 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73186A
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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