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Basket

Micmac(?), 1933-1966

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Micmac

Basket

Micmac(?), 1933-1966

Physical Qualities Wood, fiber, 3 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (9.5 × 12 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Carol Vaughn, Silver Spring, Maryland
Object Number 1994.119a-b
Twists and coils create loops; concentric rings on lid top Basket made of plaited wood strips and coiled fibers. Lid and body held together with looped strip of wood. Body of basket ornamented with inverted twists in the strips to create rows of small loops. Bottom of rim of lid made of coiled fibers (?) rather than strips of wood. Same fibers in concentric rings ornament top center of lid. Handle in center of lid is made of looped wooden strips.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1994; Carol Vaughan, Silver Spring, MD.

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