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Object Number
2017.8.43
Display Title
Small sewing basket with three attached accessory baskets, separate pin cushion
Descriptions
Object Description
Very small sewing basket with accessory baskets, most attached to lid, comprising scissor sheath, lidded thimble basket, spool or measuring tape basket, and unattached pin cushion basket.
Inventory Description
Basket, sweet grass, splint wood, flat base, round, flat fitted lid, with three small baskets attached, red ribbon, separate smaller round basket with green cloth secured inside
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials
Splint wood , Sweetgrass Cotton Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 8 × 13.2 × 13.2 cm (3 1/8 × 5 3/16 × 5 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2017.8.43
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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