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Title |
Sewing basket |
Description |
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." |
Object Name |
Basket, Sewing |
Year Range from |
1936 |
Year Range to |
1946 |
Collector |
St. John, D.J. |
Material |
Sweetgrass/Wood, Splint Black Ash/Wood, White Ash |
Owned |
St. John, D.J. |
People |
Jacobson, Adolph Jacobson, Ruth St. John, D. J. |
Subjects |
Indians of North America Baskets |
Search Terms |
Anderson's Store Basket Basket, Native American Made |
Collection |
Traditional Arts of the Anishnabek |
Accession Number |
2001.19 |