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Object Number 995-29-10/73237
Display Title Twined corn husk soft basket ("sally bag"): geometric motifs
Descriptions
Object Description Twined soft basket of commercial cotton twine, with corn husk "false embroidery" abstract geometrical design in natural, brown, red, blue, and green. Partial handle (attached at one side, broken off at center) in four-strand braid of bark or cornhusk fiber. Dimensions: height = 13.8 cm, diameter = 22.3 cm.
Inventory Description Basket, cylindrical, flat base with convex peak at center, twined cotton string
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Date 1920s-1940s
Culture
  • Umatilla?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Dimensions Overall: 12.2 x 23.3 x 21.8 cm (4 13/16 x 9 3/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73237
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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