basket
- Museum number
- Am2003,19.22
- Description
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Basket with two lids hinged at the centre and a handle. Made from birch bark and sweet-grass, decorated with floral motifs, in quillwork, to the lid.
- Production date
- 19thC (?)
- Dimensions
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Height: 17 centimetres
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Width: 26 centimetres
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Depth: 17.50 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2004 7 Jun-2011 2 Mar, BM Room 26; Gallery of North America, Case: "The Northeastern Woodlands"
- Acquisition date
- 2003
- Acquisition notes
- The collection was purchased for £629,000 through the Heritage Lottery Fund (£479, 000); with contributions from B.M. Friends (£50, 000), J. P. Morgan Chase (£50,000), and National Arts Collections Fund (£50,000).
A note with this object states that it was donated (to Stonyhurst College) in 1879 by E [Edward] Purbrick.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am2003,19.22
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Am1977L1.22 (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: 1879.7 (Stonyhurst College no.)
