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A BLACK-PAINTED WOVEN SPLINT BASKET WITH EARED HANDLES
A BLACK-PAINTED WOVEN SPLINT BASKET WITH EARED HANDLES
A BLACK-PAINTED WOVEN SPLINT BASKET WITH EARED HANDLES
A BLACK-PAINTED WOVEN SPLINT BASKET WITH EARED HANDLES
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A BLACK-PAINTED WOVEN SPLINT BASKET WITH EARED HANDLES

AMERICAN, 19TH CENTURY

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A BLACK-PAINTED WOVEN SPLINT BASKET WITH EARED HANDLES
AMERICAN, 19TH CENTURY
6 3⁄4 in. high, 15 1⁄2 in. wide, 14 1⁄2 in. deep
Provenance
Acquired in August 1975
Literature
Peter Goodman, Notebook, no. 519.

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Lot Essay

This basket was likely used as a fruit drying basket or a field basket. For similar examples see Nancy Schiffer, Baskets (Exton, 1984), p. 114. In the Goodmans' files, the receipt for this basket indicates it was acquired from an individual by the name of Wilson.

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