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1800-1850
GUSN-67234
Circular, splint basket that tapers slightly toward rim. Checkered weave pattern with standards of uneven width and weavers that narrow between shoulder and rim. Interior and exterior of rim is reinforced by carved wood hoops attached to basket with single splint binder.
storage baskets
gathering baskets
wood (plant material)
weaving
Basket
Basket
Unknown
Belgium
10 7/8 (H), 10 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ellen A. Robbins Stone
1927.2166
Probably Lexington (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Possibly
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