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29-175-723
From: United States of America | Louisiana
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-723 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Choctaw |
| Provenience | United States of America | Louisiana |
| Culture Area | Southeast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cane (plant) | Pigment |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Green,Purple Dyes. Pointed type; large. Cane, twilled plaiting in 4 under 4 over weave, constricted toward top to pull sides in. Rim finished by inter twining strips. handle of splint wrapped with cane. Decoration: body below side points has every other set of 3 elements (both vertical and horizontal) dyed green; short sides re-tain green verticals but use purple for hori-zontal strips. Dyes: aniline. |
| Height | 41 cm |
| Length | 37.2 cm |
| Width | 14.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 8616 - Collector Number |
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