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Covered storage basket
Object Number 2018.18.18
Display Title Covered storage basket
Descriptions
Object Description Covered storage basket, selected splints swabbed with Spanish brown creating pattern
Inventory Description Basket, rectangular, splint wood, natural and dark brown patterns, rectangular lid, wood edged
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Date c. 1860
Culture
  • Mahican
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Connecticut?
North America / United States / New York?
Materials Splint wood , Pigment
Dimensions Other: 23 × 36 × 27 cm (9 1/16 × 14 3/16 × 10 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2018.18.18
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 (2005-2018)
Collector William A. Turnbaugh Ph.D. (2005-2018)
Donor Donated by Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh (2005-11/29/2018)
Donor Donated by William A. Turnbaugh Ph.D. (2005-11/29/2018)

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