basket
- Museum number
- Am2003,19.41
- Description
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Basket made of birch bark and sweet-grass. Semi-circular in shape with a thin handle of platted sweet-grass. Decorated in quillwork with floral motifs.
- Production date
- 19thC (?)
- Dimensions
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Height: 16 centimetres
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Width: 22.50 centimetres
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Depth: 7.50 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 Collection Fund (£50,000).
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am2003,19.41
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Am1977L1.41 (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: 1890.32 (Stonyhurst College no.)
