1992.1.4.1

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

United States of America

Northern America > North America > United States of America

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