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Object Number 2018.18.12
Display Title Choctaw-style winnowing basket
Descriptions
Object Description Traditional scoop-shaped Choctaw-style winnowing basket of rivercane splints
Inventory Description Winnnowing basket, scoop, rectangular shaped, plaited reed
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Date c. 1900-1920
Culture
  • Choctaw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Cane
Dimensions Other: 12.5 × 49.5 × 38 cm (4 15/16 × 19 1/2 × 14 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2018.18.12
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 (11/29/2018)
Donor Donated by William A. Turnbaugh Ph.D. (11/29/2018)

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