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Object Number
72-20-10/6861
Display Title
Water tight basket
Descriptions
Object Description
Water tight basket, used for cooking; mush or cooking bowl, plain and lattic
Inventory Description
Basket, twined, brown with yellow band, geometric design, water tight
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hupa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
/
California
Additional Geographic Terms
California, north; Northwest Coast
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 10.5 x 23.5 cm (4 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
72-20-10/6861; Mush basket bowl, B9:34:C, theme
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Louis Agassiz
(1859)
Donor
Museum of Comparative Zoology
(1872)
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