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1880-1920
GUSN-23021
This rectangular wall pocket is woven from ash splints. The rectangular pocket has a triangular back that rises to a ring at the top for suspension. Additional weft splints on the back and body of the pocket form decorative patterns. This wall pocket is of Native American manufacture, most likely for the tourist souvenir trade.
baskets (containers)
ash (wood)
Straw
Woven
BASKET
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
10.5 x 10 x 3.5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.4540
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