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Object Number
995-29-10/73240
Display Title
Twined corn husk soft basket ("sally bag"): geometric motifs
Descriptions
Object Description
Twined cylindrical soft basket with weft of natural-colored corn husk or rush, with cotton twine at bottom and varicolored wool or acrylic yarnfor added design. Warp is cotton twine. Rim reinforced with sewn-on strip of brown cotton twill fabric. Handle and two tabs of leather strips. Design, in black, reds, pinks, purples, and light green, consists of bands of geometrical shapes made up of triangles.
Dimensions: height = 24.5 cm, diameter = 15.5 cm.
Inventory Description
Basket, cylindrical, flat base, twined vegetable fiber w/ stitched geometric pol
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1920s
Culture
- Umatilla
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 22.6 x 20.5 x 14.9 cm (8 7/8 x 8 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73240
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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