Black basket with cover

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Object Number 00-8-70/55403

Display Title Black basket with cover

Descriptions

Inventory Description Basket, dark brown, round with cover attached, 2 handles, flat bottom

Classification

Basket

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / France / French Polynesia

Additional Geographic Terms Society Islands

Materials Vegetable fiber

Dimensions Overall: 31.5 x 21 x 23 cm (12 3/8 x 8 1/4 x 9 1/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 55403

Provenance

Collector Alexander Agassiz (1899-1900)

Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1899-1900)

Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (1899-1900)

Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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