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BasketE2708-0

AS OF 2003 THERE ARE 3 BASKETS WITH THIS CATALOGUE # IN THE COLLECTIONS, ALONG WITH ET20353 & 4 WHICH FORMERLY BORE THIS #. LARGEST OF 3 WAS ILLUS. FIG. 17, P. 51 IN "SALISH BASKETS FROM THE WILKES EXPEDITION" BY CAROLYN J. MARR, AMERICAN INDIAN ART MAGAZINE, VOL. 9, NO. 3, 1984, AND ID THERE AS FLAT WRAPPED TWINED BAG WITH POCKETS ON BOTH SIDES, CLATSOP OR TILLAMOOK, WOVEN ON CONTINUOUS WARP, WITH CONTRASTING DESIGNS ON BACK. MAY HAVE BEEN USED AS A WALLET TO CARRY AND TRANSPORT PERSONAL GOODS. 23.5 CM. H,; 19.4 CM. W..1 LIGHT YELLOWISH TAN BASKET WITH LIGHT BROWN DESIGNS AND DARKER BROWN TRIANGLES AT RIM, WITH ATTACHED LOOPS ALL AROUND. THE BASKET IS BRITTLE AND LOOPS HAVE BROKEN OFF AT ONE SECTION. THE BRAID AROUND THE RIM IS OF A DIFFERENT MATERIAL THAN THE REST. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO AN ORIGINAL SHIPPING LABEL READS, "WM ROBERTS EX EX VINCENS- 1 BASKET". THIS OBJECT WAS EXCHANGED WITH THE DANISH NATIONAL MUSEUM IN 1867 AND WAS LOCATED THERE IN 1987. DANISH CATALOGUE NUMBER IS H-1383. THE BASKET HAS NO S.I. CATALOGUE NUMBER, BUT FOR THE PRESENT IS # 2708.

Culture
Clatsop ?, Tillamook ?, Chinook ? and Salish
Made in
Oregon, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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