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Object Number 2018.18.36
Display Title Plaited splint eel trap
Descriptions
Object Description Plaited white oak splint, funnel-shaped eel trap
Inventory Description Basketry eel trap, round inverted base, cone shaped body, small loop side handle, unplaited top
Classification
  • Trap
Department Ethnographic
Date early 20th century
Culture
  • Cherokee?
  • Catawba?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials White oak
Dimensions Overall: 45.7201 × 21.59 × 20.32 cm (18 × 8 1/2 × 8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2018.18.36
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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