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Small covered coiled sweet grass basket - birchbark bottom & cover w/ quillwork
Small covered coiled sweet grass basket - birchbark bottom & cover w/ quillwork
Object Number 43-37-10/24698
Display Title Small covered coiled sweet grass basket - birchbark bottom & cover w/ quillwork
Descriptions
Object Description Small covered coiled sweet grass basket - birchbark bottom and cover with porcupine quill decoration
Inventory Description Basket, with lid of quillwork decorated birchbark
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Southeastern Ojibwa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Great Lakes Region
Materials Sweetgrass, Birchbark, Quill
Dimensions Overall: 7.3 x 10.8 cm (2 7/8 x 4 1/4 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 43-37-10/24698
Provenance
Collector Charles W. Saxman (01/01/1897-01/01/1898)
Donor Charles W. Saxman (11/29/1943)

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