Small hexagonal weave hickory splint cheese basket. Hexagonal-shaped base, slightly flaring sides and circular rim.
cheese baskets
hickory (wood)
weaving
Tool, Dairy
Strainer, Whey
Strainer, Whey
Unknown
New England
4 (H), 10 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ellen A. Robbins Stone
1927.2138
Probably Lexington (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Probably New England (United States) [general region]
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