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Object Number
995-29-10/73223B
Display Title
Twined spruce root rattle top basket (A) with lid (B)
Descriptions
Object Description
Twined rattle top cylindrical basket of spruce root with "false embroidery" decorations. Natural brown background with two encircling bands of alternating red and yellow oblique hourglass (bow-tie) figures. Matching lid has rattle in center and lips which fit over edges of basket. Pattern of decorations on lid same as on body of basket.
Inventory Description
Basket with lid, brown, red, buff double diamond design, rattle knobbed lid
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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Canada
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British Columbia
Materials
Fiber, Stone, Spruce root
Dimensions
Overall: 1.5 x 11 x 11 cm (9/16 x 4 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73223b
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