Footwashing Basin

Object/Artifact

-

Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center

Name/Title

Footwashing Basin

Entry/Object ID

0001.022

Description

made for use at Mennonite Conference

Use

Middle District, 1950s and 1960s

Context

footwashing rituals

Collection

Blosser Collection

Cataloged By

Sherrie R. Johndrow

Category

Religious

Acquisition

Accession

0001

Source or Donor

Norman Blosser & Petrea Ziemke Coffman

Acquisition Method

Gift

Source (if not Accessioned)

Norman Blosser & Petrea Ziemke Coffman

Made/Created

Artist

Olen B. Landes

Date made

circa 1955

Time Period

20th Century, Mid 20th Century

Notes

Made at request of Deacon Amos Coffman

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT

Category

08--COMMUNICATION ARTIFACT

Dimensions

Depth

5 in

Diameter

16-1/2 in

Material

Metal

Location

Location

Location

Display Case

Room

Big Room

Building

Weaver-Brunk Log House

Date

July 18, 2025

Inventory

Inventory Project

INV2026.1

Inventoried By

Hannah Hendricks

Inventoried Date

Jun 17, 2026

Inventory Project

INV2025.1

Inventoried By

Hannah Hendricks

Inventoried Date

Jul 17, 2025

Inventory Project

INV2008.1

Inventoried Date

Sep 4, 2008

Condition

Reason for Exam

Inventory

Overall Condition

Very Good

Date Examined

Jul 17, 2025

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Right of first refusal to donors, then Michael Coffman, then Linda Coffman Skornia

Created By

Sherrie R. Johndrow

Create Date

January 7, 2022

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

July 16, 2026