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1992.1.4.1

Round basket of woven ash splints with a band of plaited sweetgrass. The lid for this basket is 1992.1.4 .2. [MOBB [OPS move] 3/11/2016]


1992.1.4.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Round basket of woven ash splints with a band of plaited sweetgrass. The lid for this basket is 1992.1.4 .2. [MOBB [OPS move] 3/11/2016]
Long description
Round basket of woven ash splints with a band of plaited sweetgrass. This basket has a flat bottom and slightly convex sides with a simple wrapped ash splint rim. The lid for this basket is [1992.1.4 .2]. [MOBB [OPS move] 3/11/2016]
Geographical reference
Northeastern USA Maine Limestone
Cultural groups
Mi'kmaq
Person
Maker Frankie Hanning
Field collector Ann McMullen
PRM source Ann McMullen
Date / Period
Date made: 1991
Date collected
15 June 1991
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1991
Materials and processes
Material Ash Wood Plant, Material Sweetgrass Fibre Plant, Process Woven, Process Inscribed, Process Basketry, Process Plaited
Dimensions
Diameter: max 202 mm total, Height: max 165 mm total, Height: max 130 mm, Diameter: max 186 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1992.1.4.1
Associated publications
Illustrated in black and white as figure 30 on page 26 of Basketmakers Meaning and Form in Native American Baskets, edited by Linda Mowat, Howard Morphy and Penny Dransart (Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, University if Oxford, Mongraph 5, 1992). Caption reads: ‘ Contemporary Micmac fancy baskets. USA, Maine, Limestone. Covered sewing basket of splints with braided sweetgrass. Made by Frank Hanning. H: 170 mm; dia: 200 mm. 1992.1.4 USA, Maine, Caribou. Covered basket with points, lid trimmed with sweetgrass. Made by Jane Zumbrunnen. H: 130 mm; dia: 210 mm. 1992.1.2 Collected by Ann McMullen, 1991.’[MJD 16/01/2013]

Search terms: Basketry, Writing, Vessel, Basket, Inscription