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A round basket with an interior of a starlike pattern in the center with green and tan concentric circular bands radiating from it. The lip is indented to receive the lid. The lip inside is painted green. The underside is also painted with concentric bands. When the basket is closed, the only painting visible is on the underside.
sewing baskets
painting (coating)
straw (plant material)
wicker
weaving
stars
Wicker
Straw
Woven
Evening Star
Painted
BASKET, SEWING
Evening Star
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
1.438 (H), 7.75 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1680A
Title Sewing Basket Lid Accession Number 1971.1680B
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