An oval woven basket with a square-shaped base, in natural colored straw; it is heightened with criss-cross patterns in green and purple; there is an ostrich egg inside with a pencil rendering of a WWI period standing sailor holding an American flag.
baskets (containers)
straw (plant material)
weaving
world wars
ostrich eggshell
Straw
Woven
World War II
Basket
There is a stamp on the side of the egg: ""Made in China""
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1992.482A,B
Unknown
4 x 7 x 5 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.482AB
Massachusetts (United States)
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