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Object Number 2017.8.6
Display Title Coiled lidded basket with strap
Descriptions
Object Description Coiled lidded basket with strap, one dyed greenrow of stitches
Inventory Description Basket, coiled plant fiber, bundled, coiled, flat base, tapered body, one green-dyed row, attached lid with circular closure, twisted fiber handle
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Date 1995 or earlier
Culture
  • Araucan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Chile
Dimensions Overall: 8 × 11 × 10 cm (3 1/8 × 4 5/16 × 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2017.8.6
Credit Line Gift of basketry scholars and authors Sarah R. Peabody Turnbaugh '76scl (Anthropology) and William A. Turnbaugh Ph.D. '73 (Anthropology) in honor of her parents, Harlan Berkley Peabody, Jr. A.M. '53, Ph.D. '61 (Comparative Literature) and Joanna Nichols Peabody
Provenance
Collector Joanna Nichols Peabody (1995-)
Collector Dr. Harlan Berkley Peabody Jr. (1995-)
Donor Donated by Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh (-2017)
Donor Donated by William A. Turnbaugh Ph.D. (-2017)

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