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Object Number
2018.18.31
Display Title
Covered "urchin" basket
Descriptions
Object Description
Unusual covered form, called an "urchin" basket, plaited of sweetgrass and gauge-cut splints in natural and dyed hues
Inventory Description
Basket, urchin shape, green, red, natural splint wood, fitted lid with central loop handle
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c. 1900-1920
Culture
- Penobscot?
- Passamaquoddy?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials
Splint wood , Sweetgrass , Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 4.1 × 21 × 21 cm (1 5/8 × 8 1/4 × 8 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2018.18.31
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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