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Object Number 2018.18.25
Display Title Woman's covered work basket, square base
Descriptions
Object Description Woman's covered work basket, square base to round top, with one fixed wrapped sweetgrass handle
Inventory Description Basket, square base, round body, one fixed wrapped sweetgrass handle, fitted lid
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Date c. 1900
Culture
  • Malecite
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine
Dimensions Overall: 24 × 22.5 × 25 cm (9 7/16 × 8 7/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2018.18.25
Credit Line Gift of basketry scholars and authors Sarah R. Peabody Turnbaugh '76scl (Anthropology) and William A. Turnbaugh Ph.D. '73 (Anthropology), 2018
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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