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Small sewing basket with three attached accessory baskets, separate pin cushion
Small sewing basket with three attached accessory baskets, separate pin cushion
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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