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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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