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Raised reeded base and birch back bottom flaring to open rectangular basket. Alternating black and natural reeds. Sides patterned in sections of tightly woven vs. open areas. Two C-shaped handles.
baskets (containers)
birch (wood)
splints (lighting devices)
Splint
Birch
BASKET
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
8.75 (H) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.609AB
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