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Adam Kuehl Photography.
Coiled Fanner Basket
Adam Kuehl Photography.
Adam Kuehl Photography.
Coiled Fanner Basket, Unknown maker (American), c. 1900s, sweet grass and reed, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

Coiled Fanner Basket

Datec. 1900s
Mediumsweet grass and reed
Dimensions2 1/2 × 20 1/2 × 19 3/4 inches (6.4 × 52.1 × 50.2 cm)
Credit LineTelfair Museum of Art, 1228.
Object number1228
On View
On view
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