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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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