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1993.40.6.1

Small round basket [.1] with lid [.2]. Warp of ash, weft of sweetgrass. Lid has small central loop. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/3/2005]

1993.40.6.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Small round basket [.1] with lid [.2]. Warp of ash, weft of sweetgrass. Lid has small central loop. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/3/2005]
Cultural groups
Native American
Person
Field collector Philla Davis
PRM source Hereford City Museum
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1993
Date collected
By 1993
Acquisition information
Transferred: 09/1993
Materials and processes
Material Ash Wood Plant, Material Sweetgrass Fibre Plant, Process Woven, Process Basketry
Dimensions
Height: max 32 mm, Diameter: max 56 mm, Diameter: max 43 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1993.40.6.1 Accession number: 1993.40.6.2
Research and responses

For biographical information on the collector Philla Davis, see 'Philla Davis: Traveller, Collector, and Craftworker', by Andrew West, in Indonesia Circle, no. 69 (1996), and 'A Travelling Basketmaker and More: Philla Davis', by Andrew West, in Folk Life, Vol. XXXIV (1995/1996), pages 100-104 (copies in RDF). [MdeA 23/11/99; JC 5 5 2004]

Search terms: Basketry, Basket, Lid

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