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Trinket Basket

Date1925
Creation PlaceWeitchpec, California
MediumTwined hazel shoots, conifer root, bear grass, maidenhair fern, dyed woodwardia fern.
ClassificationsBaskets
Dimensions5 × 6 inches (12.7 × 15.24 cm)
Object number1965.03.2306
DescriptionTwined globular basket with sawtooth band at rim. Design is 3 repeats of 3 diagonal parallelograms with diagonal sawtooth design within. Non-traditional shape.
On View
On view
Collections
  • Native American Minds of Colonial America Copy
Locations
  • Exhibition   Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Wing A, The Americas, Gallery 8
Trinket Basket
purchased in December, 1947
Reed Basket
1850-1905
Basket
middle 19th Century
Basket
middle 19th Century