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Covered Basket
Covered Basket

Covered Basket

MakerPossibly made by Mohawk People Native American
Date1830-1850
MediumPlain-woven ash
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width x depth): 17 1/8 x 20 3/8 x 19 1/2in. (43.5 x 51.8 x 49.5cm)
ClassificationsEquipment
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionRounded covered storage basket made of plain-woven ash. The round rim is double wrapped and double reinforced, with fat, flat interior and exterior reinforcements. The warp splints are wide; some weft splints are narrow while others are wide. There is swabbing on the odd warps in Spanish brown. Random wefts have swabbing; the wide wefts are swabbed in indigo. The domed cover (.b) is convex, made with a closed weave and tapered warps.
Object number1950.469.0a,b
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Basket
    Mahican People
    about 1875
    Basket
    Tunxis People
    about 1860
    Basket
    Mahican People
    about 1875
    Basket
    Oneida People
    about 1875
    Covered Basket
    Mahican People
    possibly 1790-1820
    Basket
    1860-1870
    Covered Basket
    Schaghticoke People
    about 1880
    Basket
    Mahican People
    about 1860
    Covered Basket
    Pequot People
    1860-1870
    Covered Basket
    Bunker family
    1830-1860
    Covered Basket
    Wampanoag People
    1850-1870; newspaper lining dated 1817 and 1821
    Basket
    Tantaquidgeon family
    1900-1930