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Wooden basket

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Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1880-1910

GUSN

GUSN-23109

Description

Wooden basket. Staves, thin and wide, w/ horizontal hoop at bottom and mid-section. Wooden rim at top. Filled w/ modern shingles. Thin wire handles.

Details

Descriptive Terms

gathering baskets
wood (plant material)
BASKET, GATHERING

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

12 (H), 17.625 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.2859

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