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Trinket Basket

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Date
1950 – 1960
Material
bark; grass; fibre
Catalogue Number
102.04.0177
Description
Cylindrical, flat-bottomed, birchbark, unlidded box. Bottom is stitched to wall by reed or cane, and top rim is bound in read or cane. No other decoration.
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Title
Trinket Basket
Date
1950 – 1960
Material
bark; grass; fibre
Dimensions
6.8 x 12.5 cm
Description
Cylindrical, flat-bottomed, birchbark, unlidded box. Bottom is stitched to wall by reed or cane, and top rim is bound in read or cane. No other decoration.
Subject
households
Indigenous
crafts
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0177
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