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Object Number 2018.18.21
Display Title Open sewing basket with four basketry holders for notions
Descriptions
Object Description Open sewing basket with four small basketry holders for notions attached inside and two wrapped ring handles; gauge-cut splints, some with faded purple dye, are structurally twisted into curls
Inventory Description Basket for sewing, four small basketry holders attached inside, two wrapped ring handles; gauge-cut splints twisted into curls, some with faded purple dye
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Date c. 1880-1900
Culture
  • Micmac?
  • Penobscot?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Dimensions Overall: 11 × 33 × 34 cm (4 5/16 × 13 × 13 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2018.18.21
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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