Water tight basket

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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 / United States

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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