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Indigenous Objects Collection
MSS 351  
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BOX 1

 

Woven hat, leaves and bamboo. Diameter: 19 inches. Luzon, Philippines

 

BOX 2

 

2.1: Ceramic redware brazier or stove with iron handles, broken. Slip of paper with sherds reads: "Stove used by early Chinese miners in Idaho, Presented by Josie Pearl, Nevada" Dried corn cob

 

2.2: Basketry bag with broken strap handle, Mexico

 

2.3: Fiber woven belt or strap, rolled up and tied

 

2.3: Woven cloth basket with strap, “Chiapas, Mexico”

 

2.3: Ladle or dipper made from a gourd, with repaired cracks

 

2.4: Model canoe made of bark, wood, thread and nails. Damage on one end

 

2.4: Fiber brush with integral handle, Mexico

 

BOX 3

 

Wool weaving with fringe on ends, beige with designs, 13” x 9”

 

Wool weaving with fringe on ends, gray with designs, 13” x 9”

 

Jicara gourd vessel, cracked, approximately 11” diameter

 

Jicara gourd bowl, 9 1/2” diameter

 

Painted gourd bowl, with image of jaguar, flowers, and birds; repaired, 7” diameter

 

Woolen fringed belt or sash, Mexico; moth damage

 

Painted wooden rasp with carved bird head (musical instrument used with additional stick, possibly stick listed below)

 

Wooden stick with carved snake at one end (possibly goes with rasp above)

 

BOX 4

 

Conical burden basket; “Shoshone, Idaho,” damaged and fragile