- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Round basket of ash splints and plaited sweetgrass. The lid for this object is 1992.1.13 .2. [MOBB [OPS move] 4/11/2016]
- Long description
- Round basket of ash splints and plaited sweetgrass. Flat bottom with straight sides and bound ash splint rim. The side is decorated with projecting conical curled ash splints and bands of plaited sweetgrass. The lid associated with this object is 1992.1.13 .2. [MOBB [OPS move] 4/11/2016]
- Geographical reference
- New York State
- Cultural groups
- Kanien'kehá:ka
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1989-1990
- Date collected
- 1991
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1991
- Materials and processes
- Material Ash Wood Plant, Material Sweetgrass Fibre Plant, Process Woven, Process Overlay, Process Basketry, Process Plaited
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 255 mm total, Height: max 105 mm, Diameter: max 255 mm, Height: max 160 mm total
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1992.1.13.1
- Associated publications
- Illustrated in black and white as figure 29 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 Mohawk fancy baskets. USA, New York State, Hogansburg. Flower basket of splints and braided sweetgrass with ‘porcupine’ overlay. Made by Agnes Garrow. H: 300 mm; dia: 320 mm. 1992.1.14 USA, New York State. Covered sewing basket of splints and braided sweetgrass with ‘porcupine’ overlay. Made by Margaret Terrance. H: 165 mm; dia: 290 mm. 1992.1.13 Collected by Ann McMullen, 1991.’ [MJD 16/01/2013]
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