Northeast Basket

Plaited Basket

DPR Collections

Northeast Basket

Name/Title

Northeast Basket

Description

Nice rectangular "picnic" style basket with a great perfectly bent handle with carved notches that hold it at the basket rim. The rim is a bent ash rod encircled with sweetgrass and coil wrapped with a thin splint. It was once a nicely colored basket with the splint twists just below the rim and the weft bands below that alternating red and green. The color is still partially visible on the exterior and better seen on the interior.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Northeast

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Height

11-1/4 in

Width

10-1/8 in

Length

13-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Height to top of handle is approx. 11 1/4", height to top of basket is 6 1/2".

Material

Ash Splint, Ash Splint - Dyed, Sweetgrass

Plaited Basket Details

Primary Plaiting Type

Plain Plaiting, 1/1 interval, closed spacing

Additional Plaiting Type

Twill Plaiting, 2/2 interval, closed spacing

Plaiting Finish

Compound Binding, Coiled Selvage

Plaited Construction Notes

The base is 2/2 twill plaiting, and the sides are 1/1 plain plaiting.

Other Decoration Materials and Types

Decoration Material

Ash Splint - Dyed

Decoration Type

Basic