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Small square basket with tall, vertical sides and round rim. Tightly woven ash splints in alternating checker and wicker weave. Weavers stamped red and black geometric flowers. Native American made.
berry baskets
ash (wood)
weaving
stamping (marking)
Basket
Basket
"Sent by Miss E M Stone 1908" (handwritten)
Unknown
New England
3 3/4 x 4 x 4 (HxWxD), 5 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ellen A. Robbins Stone
1927.2189
Probably Lexington (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
New England (United States) [general region]
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