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Medium/Technique
Fiber
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .29 Length: .17 W.
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4743
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsFurniture
DescriptionWoven rush-work; shallow; oval shaped; contains objects wrapped in mummy-cloth. [objects not located with basket 7-23-02]
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.