Hello all!

A patron recently brought a basket to our Museum for identification.  I am
hoping someone can point us in the right direction regarding its source and
age.  It's nothing like anything I've ever seen, but I am hoping some of
you "historic" types will be able to help.

The piece is a dark brown, cylindical, lidded basket, 5 inches in diameter
and about 2 inches tall.  It is made of joined strips of skewered cloves
(yes, the spice).  From a distance the basket almost looks twined, until
you see it up close, and realize how it is made.

Hints which may help: is has been in the owner's family for several
generations; was said to have been "very old" when his father was a child
in the mid-twenties; family was German Jews who immigrated to the US in the
1880's, and settled in Washington State.

Many thanks in advance!  -- Pam
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  Pamela E. Endzweig
  Staff Archaeologist/Collections Manager
  Oregon State Museum of Anthropology/UO Museum of Natural History
  1224 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1224  USA
  Ph 541-346-5090/5120  Fx 541-346-5122
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