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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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