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This gourd-shaped basket has a loop placed at the apex of its conical lid. The basket is formed from coils of grass held in position with the wider wraps of straw or raffia.
baskets (containers)
straw (plant material)
weaving
Straw
Woven
BASKET
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
7 (H), 5 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.2158
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