Circular trinket basket with inset lid. Made of delicate splints and grass. Protruding spiral twill weave on sides and lid. Probably Algonquin Indian.
baskets (containers)
splints (lighting devices)
reed (grass, material)
Basket, Trinket
Basket, Trinket
Unknown
3 (H), 5 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ellen A. Robbins Stone
1927.2183AB
New England (United States) [general region]
Lexington (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
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