Per Ralph Shanks: Probably a miniature or model basket. See 2-6966, it is very similar. Basket has tag "April 1933 L.L.L" and "with Eskimo house models". Cordage basket, openwork with braided rim. Hole on one side. Horizontal twining with up to the right slant of weft twist. Warps turned down and bound by selvage at the rim.
Collection place:
North American Arctic
Culture or time period:
Eskimo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Miniature (size attribute)