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Waterproof basketry jar--red painted with two black fibre handles
Waterproof basketry jar--red painted with two black fibre handles
Object Number 40-39-10/19446
Display Title Waterproof basketry jar--red painted with two black fibre handles
Descriptions
Object Description Waterproof jar--red painted with two black fibre handles
Inventory Description Jar, pitch-coated basketry, tall neck, 2 loop handles on shoulder, flat bottom
Classification
  • Jar
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Plateau?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Basin Plateau, inter-montaigne
Materials Vegetable fiber, Pitch
Dimensions Overall: 30 x 22 cm (11 13/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-39-10/19446
Provenance
Collector Mr. Ernest T. Jackson (1899)
Donor Mr. Patrick T. Jackson (1940)
Donor Mr. Ernest T. Jackson (1940)

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