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Object Number 986-14-10/60048
Display Title Baby carrier
Descriptions
Object Description Baby carrier. Plain woven, deep, rectangular basket with curved corners. Half hhod over one end. Decorated with wood strips dyed pink and green in chain-like loops and woven onto the exterior of the basket. A natural color loop strap decorates middle of hood.
Inventory Description Baby carrier, recatngular with arched top, weaved, polychrome bark strips
Classification
  • Baby Carrier
Department Ethnographic
Date 1985
Artist James Neptune (1985 - 1985)
Culture
  • Passamaquoddy
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine / Penobscot County / Indian Island / Old Town
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 60 x 72 x 2.6 cm (23 5/8 x 28 3/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 986-14-10/60048
Provenance
Collector Byron Harvey, III (1985 - 3/13/1986)
Donor Byron Harvey, III (1985 - 3/13/1986)

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