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Object Number
2018.18.14
Display Title
Twill-plaited handled carrying basket with square base
Descriptions
Object Description
Twill-plaited handled carrying basket with rivercane strands colored with natural dyes
Inventory Description
Basket, square base, twill plaited, reddish and brown zigzag patterns, bentwood handle
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c. 1910
Culture
- Cherokee
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
North Carolina
Materials
Cane , Natural dye
Dimensions
Overall: 28 × 27.5 × 27 cm (11 × 10 13/16 × 10 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2018.18.14; Cherokee / Indian / Wo## / N.C.
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
(1993-2018)
Collector
William A. Turnbaugh Ph.D.
(1993-2018)
Donor
Donated by
Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh
(1993-11/29/2018)
Donor
Donated by
William A. Turnbaugh Ph.D.
(1993-11/29/2018)
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