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Cornhusk bag

20th century
Medium/TechniqueTwined cornhusk and cotton
DimensionsLength x width: 43.2 x 36.2 cm (17 x 14 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Clifford S. Ackley in memory of Nancy Jane Shestack
Accession number2016.799
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceSeptember 27, 2007, sold by Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, MA to Clifford S. Ackley, Boston; 2016, gift of Clifford S. Ackley to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 2016)
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