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Object Number
2018.18.38
Display Title
Small powder-puff box in the shape of a hat with green ribbon
Descriptions
Object Description
Small, covered, plaited powder-puff box in the shape of a hat, with green dyed splint-bow ribbonwork
Inventory Description
Basket, plaited box in the shape of a hat, fitted lid, green dyed splint-bow ribbonwork
Classification
- Box
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1970s
Artist
Clara Neptune Keezer
Culture
- Passamaquoddy
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Maine
Materials
Ash , Sweetgrass , Dye
Dimensions
Other: 4.3 × 12.6 × 12.7 cm (1 11/16 × 4 15/16 × 5 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2018.18.38
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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