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Object Number 2017.8.56
Display Title Oval shaped, covered sewing basket
Descriptions
Object Description Oval shaped, covered sewing basket; remnants of original colors
Inventory Description Basket, oval, red, green, orange dyed splint wood, twisted fiber, fitted oval lid
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Date c. 1900
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Dimensions Overall: 6 × 21 × 16.5 cm (2 3/8 × 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2017.8.56
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 (12/28/2017)
Donor Donated by William A. Turnbaugh Ph.D. (12/28/2017)

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