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Covered basket with a pair of crossed, hoop handles. Made from ash splints woven in a wicker-weave pattern on the upper body and lid, with thicker weavers on the lower body. Handles are splint-wrapped alternating indigo and brown-colored splints. Alternating lid weavers are dyed indigo while the body weavers are swabbed indigo. The rim is splint, single lashed.
baskets (containers)
ash (wood)
Basket
Basket
Attributed to Wabanaki peoples (Maker)
New England
10 (H), 8 (diameter) (inches)
Fowler House Estate
1934.3004AB
Title Basket Accession Number 1927.2200
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