Object: Bag
Designer:
Mary Wright
Date: c.1940
Medium: Wood and natural straw
Country: USA
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: P91.102.1
DescriptionStrawberry shaped basket bag in red looped wood splints with hinged top and braided natural straw loop handle
Label Text:The strawberry basket is originally an Algonquin Indian design. Made for new-born babies, it would have been a treasure kept through one's life. The word for heart and strawberry are almost the same in Algonquian languages.
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