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Object Number 2016.10.3
Display Title Sweet grass sewing basket with 2 pairs of scissors in holders, needle holder and thimble holder
Descriptions
Inventory Description Basket, shallow, circular, sweetgrass, splint wood rim, sewing basket, Four sweetgrass objects enclosed, circular flat, clamshell container, red felt inside, circular handles at top, miniature sweetgrass cylindrical basket with fitted lid, two sweetgrass cone-shaped containers, one with metal scissors
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Dimensions Overall: 3.2 × 15.3 × 15.2 cm (1 1/4 × 6 × 6 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 2016.10.3
Credit Line Gift of Andrew Weniger in Honor of Del & Nell Weniger
Provenance
Collector Nell Kandis
Donor Donated by Andrew Weniger (5/17/2016)

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