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Small, hinged basket used to carry and store a lady's cap. Round woven basket with conforming lid. Woven with narrow, natural colored wood splints in radiating checker and twill weave. Two loop handles and hook and eye closure.
baskets (containers)
accessories
handbags
caps (headgear)
wood (plant material)
reed (grass, material)
weaving
Bag, Carrying
Purse
Purse
"This is a cap basket. / to carry a cap when visiting" (handwritten)
Unknown
5 1/2 (D), 8 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Margaret Jewell
1930.869
Title Bonnet Basket Accession Number 1944.110
Title Bonnet Basket Accession Number 1988.497.2
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