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Coiled bowl-shaped basket (A), with lid (B), representing Seminole woman
Coiled bowl-shaped basket (A), with lid (B), representing Seminole woman
Object Number 995-29-10/73174B
Display Title Coiled bowl-shaped basket (A), with lid (B), representing Seminole woman
Descriptions
Object Description Coiled bowl-shaped basket with insloping sides. Widow's basket. Sides are sweet grass sewn with pink, black, orange, purple, red, and turquoise cotton thread; base is palmetto fiber. Flat lid is coiled of sweet grass, with red, blue and purple sewing thread. Lid handle represents head of Seminole woman, with embroidered features on palmetto fiber base, black cotton hair, and glass seed beads around neck. Dimensions: max. height including lid = 12 cm, height of basket = 6 cm, max. diameter = 20.9 cm, rim diameter = 16.5 cm.
Inventory Description Basket lid, coiled with bonneted head as handle (on base, A)
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Date 1960-1989
Culture
  • Seminole
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Florida
Additional Geographic Terms Seminole reservation
Materials Grass, Cotton, Glass, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 7.5 x 16.5 cm (2 15/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73174B

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