Lidded basket

Maker Unknown, Makah

ClassificationsBasketry

DateEarly 20th C.

Dimensions2 1/2’’ H x 4’’ Diameter

Materials/TechniqueFiber, pigment, Cedar, beargrass?

Credit LineMuseum purchase; Funded by Edward M Werner ‘71

Object numberNA2008.49.WER

DescriptionBasket with a central star and four surrounding duck designs on the lid, duck and boat designs around the body.

Place of origin / madeUSA, North America

Collections

Longyear Museum of Anthropology Collections

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