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LIdded splint basket

Maker Unknown, Micmac

Date20th century

MediumFiber, ash splints, sweet grass, and pigment

Dimensions3 1/4’’ H x 5’’ Diameter

Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Timothy Sullivan ’89

Object numberNA2008.10.SUL

DescriptionLidded basket with wide and narrow splints and one row of curled splints on the basket and on the body. Sweet grass rip on the lid, splint wrapped loop on the top.

ClassificationsBasketry

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Longyear Museum of Anthropology Collections

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