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Object Number
995-29-10/73193
Display Title
Basketry cup and saucer
Descriptions
Object Description
Coiled basketry in shape of cup with attached saucer. Bundles of natural-colored sweet grass sewn with heavy black cotton thread. Cup handle made from braided grass.
Dimensions: height = 5 cm , saucer diameter = 11.2 cm.
Inventory Description
Ornament, woven, coiled sweet grass forming cup on a saucer, black thread throug
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Date
Late 20th century
Culture
- Southeastern Ojibwa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Sweetgrass, Cotton, Thread
Dimensions
Overall: 5.2 x 10.9 x 5 cm (2 1/16 x 4 5/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Distance (Saucer diameter): 11.2 cm
Distance (Height): 5 cm
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73193
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(01/01/1950-12/31/1993)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(10/23/1995)
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