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29-175-685
From: United States of America | Massachusetts | Salem
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-685 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Native American (uncertain) |
| Provenience | United States of America | Massachusetts | Salem |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ash Wood |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Oblong, large. Ash. Plaited; flat bottom, sides slope inward slightly to rim which consists of two hoops binding warps between them, and wrapped. Bottom is checkerboard but sides have narrow horizontal splints interspersed with two broad ones to create a design. |
| Height | 25 |
| Length | 43.5 |
| Width | 25.5 |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 5/8159 - Collector Number |
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