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Object Number 995-29-10/73180B
Display Title Plaited "strawberry" basket (A) with lid (B)
Descriptions
Object Description Globular basket with domed lid, plaited (1/1 interlacing) of sweet grass and red-dyed wood splints, and covered with "porcupine twist" decoration. Shape resembles that of strawberry; loop handle on lid fashioned from red-dyed splint, surrounded by green-dyed splints shaped to represent leaves. Rim of basket reinforced with additional splints and that of lid with sweet grass, attached by coiling. Dimensions: max. height including lid = 10.5 cm, height to rim = 8 cm, max. diameter (lid) = 12.8 cm, max. diameter of basket = 12 cm.
Inventory Description Basket, lid, woven and curled red exterior with green leaf pattern at top
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Date Late 20th Century
Culture
  • Passamaquoddy
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Additional Geographic Terms Woodlands, northeast
Dimensions Overall: 3.5 x 13.6 x 13.5 cm (1 3/8 x 5 3/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73180B
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (?)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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