Basket
58-6-5
From: United States of America | Kentucky | Leslie County | Jasper Baker
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 58-6-5 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | White |
| Provenience | United States of America | Kentucky | Leslie County | Jasper Baker |
| Culture Area | Southeast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Oak | Nails |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Undyed white oak. Wickerwork "melon" shape. Eleven narrow ribs on either side between wide reinforcing splint beneath rim rib and wide center splint which also forms arched handle. Nails used in manufacture. Compare with NE and SE Indian "Melon baskets." |
| Height | 26 cm |
| Width | 26.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Paul Kutsche, 1958 |
| Other Number | 100583-4 - Other Number |
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