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MediumCedar, spruce root, grasses, cherry bark, leather
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Martin Lurin
Object number1961.23.1
DescriptionA large, rectangular shaped burden basket. Bundle coil construction with imbricated overlay design. Probably cedar, spruce root, grasses, cherry bark. On the outside are red and blue geometric designs in vertical stripes. At top edge center on one side and right and left of top edge on the opposite (long) side are loops of leather through the basket--for a cover or to hang the basket up?
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