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 a radiating checker weave with accent weavers, rim pieces and handles in a dark lacquer. Two decorative handles and hook and eye closure.
baskets (containers)
accessories
handbags
reed (grass, material)
reed (grass, material)
Bag, Carrying
Purse
Reed
Purse
Unknown
5 1/2 (D), 8 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Margaret Jewell
1944.110
Title Bonnet Basket Accession Number 1930.869
Title Bonnet Basket Accession Number 1988.497.2
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