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Object Number
995-29-60/14555B
Display Title
Plaited sewing basket (A) with lid (B)
Descriptions
Object Description
Brown, plaited , circular, lidded sewing basket. Bottom has twisted ring which basket rests on. Lid has lip with fits down over the edge of basket. Bright green glass ring as a handle. Also on the top are two rolled paper tassels covered with cloth, a green glass bead, and a Chinese coin with a square hole in the middle.
Inventory Description
Basket, lid, plaited, silk cord and tassels, coin, greenstone bead and ring atta
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1920-1929
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Dimensions
Overall: 3.2 x 25.5 x 25.5 cm (1 1/4 x 10 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-60/14555B
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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