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This round basket and its lid are woven from ash splints. The wider weavers are swabbed or dyed yellow, black and green to form alternating stripes on the body and lid. This color scheme is sometimes called "Roman." This basket is of Native American manufacture.
baskets (containers)
ash (wood)
Splint
Split
Dyed
Woven
Basket
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
9 (H), 13.5 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.5152AB
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