Basket

Object/Artifact

-

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Basket

Entry/Object ID

2017.3.2

Description

Basket with a round top and square bottom. The basket is made from thin splints of wood in varying width, and the outside is decorated with woven loops, or cowis. It is signed in ink on the bottom, "Leland Krook/Sept 1903".

Context

Made by Leland Krook in Vermont in 1903.

Acquisition

Accession

2017.3

Source or Donor

Wiseman, Frederick M.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Frederick M. Wiseman

Made/Created

Artist

Krook, Leland

Date made

Sep 1903

Place

Village

Essex Junction

Town

Essex

County

Chittenden County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Abenaki
Native American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Basket

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

4-1/2 in

Diameter

10-1/8 in

Circumference

33-1/2 in

Material

Wood