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Small hexagonal weave hickory splint cheese basket. Bowl-shaped basket has hexagonal-shaped base, slightly bowed sides and circular, reinforced rim.
cheese baskets
hickory (wood)
weaving
Tool, Dairy
Strainer, Whey
Strainer, Whey
Unknown
New England
3 1/4 (H), 11 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ellen A. Robbins Stone
1927.2165
Probably Lexington (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Probably New England (United States) [general region]
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