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Object Number 61-19-10/39034
Display Title Basket with short neck - human figures and rattlesnake design
Descriptions
Inventory Description Basketry jar, brown anthropomorphic figures.
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tulare?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California / Fresno County / Sanger
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 15.3 x 23.2 x 23.2 cm (6 x 9 1/8 x 9 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 61-19-10/39034
Provenance
Collector Mrs. Augusta Kelley Meigs (ca. 1910 - 1961)
Donor Mrs. Augusta Kelley Meigs (ca. 1910 - 1961)

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