Related Records

1. Bread basket - Round, open splint basket. Slightly tapered walls, wicker-woven with band of curled splints at top, sweetgrass edging. Two braided basswood handles. Bottom edge of base reinforced with crossed splints. Rainbow-colored weavers in bands of yellow, red, orange and green on brown standards. Written in pencil on base: "C s."

   Basket, Needlework

   Record Type: Object

   
2. Bread basket - Round, open splint basket. Tapered walls are over-woven with curled splints in wart pattern. Contrasting natural and brown-dyed curled splints in wart variation form a diamond pattern around the circumference. Sweetgrass edging on upper rim. Crossed splint reinforcement around base. Standards are split at the turn of the base.

   Basket, Bread

   Record Type: Object

   
3. Bread basket - Round, splint basket with open top. Basket walls taper from top to bottom; fine wicker weave with one wide weaver near the rim; design of alternating rainbow colored weavers (red, green, purple, yellow and natural). Standards are split in two at turn of base. Braided basswood bast handles.

   Basket, Bread

   Record Type: Object

   
4. Fruit basket - Round, splint basket. Walls are wicker-weave, alternate bands of fine orange and brown weavers on brown standards, one band of curled splints at the rim. Rim edged with sweetgrass. Remnants of handles on each side.

   Basket, Fruit

   Record Type: Object

   
5. Gathering basket - Rectangular, splint basket with handle. Walls are wicker-weave with alternate bands of red, yellow, brown, and natural weavers on brown standards. Base is checker-weave. Rigid ash bail handle with finger grip. Written in pencil on the base: "ML."

   Basket, Gathering

   Record Type: Object

   
6. Gathering basket - Round splint basket with handle. Tapered walls are wicker weave: alternate purple and natural standards with bands of rainbow weavers in aqua, blue, purple, yellow and natural. Base has attached crossed splint reinforcement around circumference. Rigid carved ash handle. Rim is banded with splint reinforcement and sweetgrass.

   Basket, Gathering

   Record Type: Object

   
7. Hamper - Round splint basket with lid. Lid is wicker-weave with band of curled splints at center and sides, ring handle in center. Wicker-weave walls taper to shoulders, then step up to smaller opening. Walls are wide green standards with natural weavers and two bands of curled splints. Braided basswood handles with dyed ends on each side of base at shoulder level. Bottom of base is reinforced with added crossed weavers. Written on base with pencil: "unl".

   Hamper

   Record Type: Object

   
8. Market basket - Rectangular, splint basket with handles. Wicker-weaver walls with a band of flat, plaited splints mid-wall. Braided basswood bast handles. Attached reinforcing splints around base. Brown standards with red, greeen, yellow and brown weavers.

   Basket, Market

   Record Type: Object

   
9. Market basket - Rectangular splint basket with handles. Wicker-weave walls with a triple band of wide weavers mid-wall, twill-woven base. Brown standards with multicolor weavers: blue, orange, yellow (faded). Pair of carved ash drop handles, holes carved in ends. Base reinforcement made with multiple thin weavers wrapped with splint.

   Basket, market

   Record Type: Object

   
10. Market basket - Rectangular splint basket with handles. Wicker-weave walls with twill-weave base and braided basswood bast handles (one missing). Wide weavers mid wall. Green standards with yellow, green and brown weavers woven on. Written in pencil on base: "O L X."

    Basket, Market

    Record Type: Object

    
11. Market basket - Rectangular, splint basket with handle. Wicker-weave walls with one wide weaver mid-wall. Natural, blue, brown and yellow weavers (faded) on alternate brown and natural standards. Rigid, carved ash handle with finger notch. Heavy ash reinforcment around rim.

    Basket, Market

    Record Type: Object

    
12. Market basket - Rectangular, splint basket with handle. Wicker-weave walls with two bands of wide weavers mid-wall, checker-weave base. Natural standards with fine olive-green weavers on each side of wide weavers. Rigid, carved ash bail handle with finger notch. Written in pencil on bottom: "M T T."

    Basket, Market

    Record Type: Object

    
13. Needlework basket - Rectangular splint basket with lid. Checker-weave base and lid in rainbow colors: green, blue, purple, red and brown. Base is divided in two compartments. Written in pencil on base: "K 0."

    Basket, Needlework

    Record Type: Object

    
14. Picnic basket - Square splint basket with handle. Wicker-weave walls with two bands of wide weavers mid-wall, twill-weave base. Alternate brown and natural standards with brown, natural and orange weavers. Pair of drop handles with carved "squirrel tail" ends. Carved ash reinforcement around rim.

    Basket, Picnic

    Record Type: Object

    
15. Picture frame - Rectangular birch bark frame. Outer white bark on frame front, inside of window is painted with a profile of a man in a feather war bonnet in black, white, blue, brown. Basswood hanging ring on top. Inscribed in pencil on back: "20."

    Frame, Picture

    Record Type: Object

    
16. Sewing basket - Round, open splint basket. Tapered walls are wicker-weave at bottom, band of curled wide splints at top, sweet grass edging. Bottom of base reinforced with crossed splints. Alternating bands of rainbow-colored weavers in yellow, red, green, and brown on brown standards. Ring handles on each side (one missing). Written in pencil on bottom: "o d."

    Basket, Sewing

    Record Type: Object

    
17. Sewing basket - Round, splint basket. Straight walls with a band of curled splints in petal variation at base and broad weaver with bands of wicker-weave on each side. Pink, blue, and yellow weavers on brown standards. Reinforcement around base. Sweet grass around rim. May have had a lid.

    Basket, Sewing

    Record Type: Object

    
18. Sewing basket - Round, splint basket with attached lid. Flat lid is fine wicker-weave with loop handle in center, sweetgrass edging, and attached flange. Rigid bail handle is captured within the edge of lid. Base has tapered walls, fine wicker-weave, tapered walls with band of curled splints in petal pattern midway. Bands of red splint (faded) contrast with original natural color. Bottom of base has attached splint reinforcement. Written in pencil on bottom of base: "co."

    Basket, Sewing

    Record Type: Object

    
19. Sewing basket - Round, splint basket with lid. Base has wicker-weave walls: sweetgrass braid weavers on rainbow standards (red, yellow, blue, brown). Lid has swirl pattern of braided sweetgrass weavers and remnants of braided sweetgrass frog handle. Pencil marks on the bottom

    Basket, Sewing

    Record Type: Object

    
20. Sewing basket - Round, splint basket with lid. Base wall has one row of green curled splints in petal variation with intermediate weavers of blue and red, wide weaver near the top on brown standards. The base has an attached splint as a foot. Lid has wicker lid top, brown standards with bands of rainbow weavers: red, dark and light blue, yellow, and green, band of curled green splint in petal variation with intermediate weavers of blue and red on the walls, sweetgrass around rim; brown-dyed braided basswood handle on top. Written on base in pencil: "mx."

    Basket, Sewing

    Record Type: Object