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Basket, one of four nesting baskets with different designs
Basket, one of four nesting baskets with different designs
Object Number 2017.8.9.3
Display Title Basket, one of four nesting baskets with different designs
Descriptions
Object Description One of four nesting baskets of two different techniques and shapes, and different patterns; probably not made as a set
Inventory Description Lidded basket, one of four nesting basket, lidded, natural with dyed pink diagonal pattern
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Date 2003 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Costa Rica
Additional Geographic Terms Puerto Limon
Materials Plant fiber Dye
Dimensions Overall: 3.7 × 5.8 × 5.8 cm (1 7/16 × 2 5/16 × 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2017.8.9.3
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
Collector Dr. Harlan Berkley Peabody Jr.
Donor Donated by Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh
Donor Donated by William A. Turnbaugh Ph.D.

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