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Object Number
995-29-10/73239
Display Title
Miniature rush or corn husk soft basket ("sally bag"): striped design
Descriptions
Object Description
Miniature twined cylindrical soft basket in natural, green, orange, purple, and red stripes. Twining in Z direction near bottom and S direction on much of sides makes two different texture areas. Warp probably rush, weft rush or corn husk. Handle of two-ply twisted bark? is broken off close to one side.
Dimensions: height = 11 cm, diameter = 5.3 cm.
Inventory Description
Basket, cylindrical, slightly convex base twined vegetable fiber, polychrome
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1920s-1940s
Culture
- Nez Perce?
- Wasco?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Corn husk, Rush
Dimensions
Overall: 11.3 x 7 x 3.8 cm (4 7/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73239
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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