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Black ash storage basket with fitted lid and applied handles wrapped in ash splints / Unknown

Curatorial Remarks

Storage basket or sold with the intentions of someone using as a picnic basket.

Tags: black ash storage basket, fitted lid, handle, sash splints
People: Ottawa, Great Lakes tribes
Places: Great Lakes
Purpose: commercial sale

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Black ash storage basket with fitted lid and applied handles wrapped in ash splints
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; possibly Ottawa
Date: 
Circa 1900
Materials/Techniques: 
black ash
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
71.511a-b
Previous Number(s): 
7127.511A; 25007
Department: 
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