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Mush bowl. Small hemispherical basket with steep sides and rounded bottom.
Object Number 35-78-10/5012
Display Title Mush bowl. Small hemispherical basket with steep sides and rounded bottom.
Descriptions
Object Description Small twined basketry "cup" used for eating pinenut and other mush.
Inventory Description Basket, twined willow, flared body, wood rim wrapped
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Artist Renie Bill (04/01/1935-09/30/1935)
Culture
  • Western Shoshone
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Nevada / Elko County / Elko
Materials Willow
Dimensions Overall: 11.7 × 11.3 × 7.5 cm (4 5/8 × 4 7/16 × 2 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-78-10/5012
Provenance
Collector Julian H. Steward (04/01/1935-09/30/1935)
Intermediary Julian H. Steward (07/01/1935-10/01/1935)

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