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Small, cylindrical basket with tight fitting cover. Made of natural and red-colored splints and braided sweatgrass. Northeast Native American made for tourist trade.
baskets (containers)
sewing baskets
reed (grass, material)
sweetgrass (material)
wood (plant material)
Basket, Trinket
Basket, Trinket
"M L F Lumust[?] / Dec 6 1930 / Un[?]" (Written in pencil on bottom of basket.)
Original To Fowler House Main House,
Unknown
3 1/2 (H), 5 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Fowler House Estate
1934.2986AB
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