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Deep sewing basket of ash splints and braided sweetgrass, with "frog" handle on lid
Deep sewing basket of ash splints and braided sweetgrass, with "frog" handle on lid
Object Number 2017.8.41
Display Title Deep sewing basket of ash splints and braided sweetgrass, with "frog" handle on lid
Descriptions
Display Title Sewing basket with "frog" handle on lid
Inventory Description Basket, round flat base, twisted cordage interwoven, several weaves of dyed green wood, flat fitted lid, braided handle in center, sweet grass rim on lid
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Abenaki
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada
Materials Ash , Sweetgrass , Dye
Dimensions Overall: 10 × 28 × 28 cm (3 15/16 × 11 × 11 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2017.8.41
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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