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Mold, Basket Weaving

Form for tub baskets, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID

1950.2438.1

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Description

Basket mold shaped as a truncated cone made up of two pieces of white pine; the bottom is 2 3/16" thick and the top 1/2" thick. A 1 1/16" diameter hole is drilled through bottom but not into top. The two pieces are secured together with nails.

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