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Object Number
03-32-10/62623
Display Title
Hulling basket, ye-gai-do-ai-daqua
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
ye-gai-do-ai-daqua
Object Description
Hulling Basket, Ye-gai-do-ai-daqua. For washing hulls from corn after boiling in lye and for final washing. To illustrate preparation of corn food among Seneca Indians of Cattaraugus Reservation, New York. M. Raymond Harrington in "The Preparation of Corn among the Seneca Indians:" "Ye gai do ai daqua Hulling basket" (Accession 04-23. M Raymond Harrington Papers (New York), Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Archives).
Inventory Description
Basket, plain weave, natural, square bottom, round top
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Seneca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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New York
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Erie County
Additional Geographic Terms
Cattaraugus Reservation
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 28 x 38 x 1.5 cm (11 x 14 15/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
03-32-10/62623
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington
(01/01/1903)
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(01/01/1903)
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