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Fish basket
Object Number 07-22-10/72179
Display Title Fish basket
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fish basket, vertical rows of reeds or twigs, loosely woven with veg fiber, ovat
Classification
  • Fishing and trapping
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Washoe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Nevada
Materials Vegetable fiber Willow
Dimensions Overall: 30.8 x 17.5 x 16.4 cm (12 1/8 x 6 7/8 x 6 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 72179
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1907)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1907 - 1907)

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