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Shopper basket with curly splintwork and wooden swing handle
Shopper basket with curly splintwork and wooden swing handle
Object Number 2017.8.38
Display Title Shopper basket with curly splintwork and wooden swing handle
Descriptions
Object Description Plaited ash shopper basket with "diamond" curly splintwork, carved wood swing handle with standard figure-8 shaped, steam-bent attachment and diagnostic Ho-Chunk twill-plaited base; signed by Alberta White Eagle, Wisconsin Dells
Inventory Description Basket, flat square base, flared body, red, green splint wood, round rim with bent wood handle attached
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Date Mid 20th century
Artist Alberta White Eagle
Culture
  • Winnebago
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Wisconsin
Additional Geographic Terms Wisconsin Dells
Materials Ash , Wood
Dimensions Overall: 26 × 30 × 30 cm (10 1/4 × 11 13/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2017.8.38, Alberta White Eagle / Wis. Dells, Wis
Credit Line Gift of basketry scholars and authors Sarah R. Peabody Turnbaugh '76scl (Anthropology) and William A. Turnbaugh Ph.D. '73 (Anthropology)
Provenance
Collector Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh
Collector William A. Turnbaugh Ph.D.
Donor Donated by Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh (2017)
Donor Donated by William A. Turnbaugh Ph.D. (2017)

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