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Basketry Vessel

Maker: Louisa Keyser (Dat So La Lee), Washo, Native American, 1850-1925
Medium: Red, black and white willow
Place Made: Nevada, USA
Dates: early 20th century
Dimensions: 8 x 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (20.3 x 26.7 x 26.7 cm)
Collections: Arts of the Americas
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 72.5.2
Credit Line: By exchange
Image: Overall, 72.5.2_bw_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Coiled vessel of slightly elongated globular form and woven in shades of brown with arrowhead and grain motifs depicting "Hunting in the Harvest Time". There are twenty-nine stitches to the inch.

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