Box

Woven palm box, Mount Lebanon, NY

ca. 1930

Object ID:
1979.19123.1
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Makers
Wetherell, Martha (1855-1944)
Description

Box of woven palm leaf alternating with rye straw with lid. Lid is hinged by two pink ribbons and ribbon and elastic closure on front. Box is lined with pink silk. Bottom of wood covered by white paper.

Notes

The donor stated that the box was given to her by Sister Martha Wetherell, and that she understood that Sister Martha made it in about 1930.

New York Mount Lebanon

New York Mount Lebanon

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