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Splint basket with exterior decoration
Splint basket with exterior decoration
Object Number 2017.8.46
Display Title Splint basket with exterior decoration
Descriptions
Object Description Large splint basket with rouletted punctate decoration
Inventory Description Basket, large, square flat base, punctated designs on splint wood, circular rim, two wooden handles
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wampanoag
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Dukes County / Gay Head
Materials Splint wood
Dimensions Overall: 16 × 40.5 × 42 cm (6 5/16 × 15 15/16 × 16 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2017.8.46
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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