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Double walled round and flat commercial reed storage basket / Unknown

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Double wall construction storage basket. Made from commercial reed. Three rows in the center of the basket are dyed alternating orange and brown.

Curatorial Remarks

This isn't technically a storage basket. It's a standard designed basket for commercial sale.

Tags: orange, red, dye, commercial reed, double walled
People: Cherokee
Places: Oklahoma
Purpose: commercial sale

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

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Title(s): 
Double walled round and flat commercial reed storage basket
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Cherokee (artist and user)
Date: 
mid-20th century - late 20th century
Place: 
Oklahoma
Materials/Techniques: 
commercial reed, dye
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Baskets
Object Type: 
Basket
Credit Line: 
Gift of Ann Boulton
Accession No: 
71.829
Previous Number(s): 
TL2016.32.1
Department: 
Anthropology
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