Basket

basket

Name/Title

Basket

Entry/Object ID

2004.18.1a-b

Description

Round basket and lid woven from split and plaited sweetgrass. The Lid is woven in alternating sections of black-dyed weavers and plaited sweetgrass with six splint loops at the center. The basket is made of black-dyed splint weavers at the bottom and plaited sweetgrass at the top.

Context

Owned by the Martin or Johnson families of Plainfield, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

2004.18

Source or Donor

Dole, Robert, Dole, Sylvia Johnson (1940-2008)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

In memory of Noyle Johnson, Hmer Johnson, & David Johnson

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Basket

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

3-3/4 in

Diameter

5-1/4 in

Material

Sweetgrass, Wood

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Dole, Sylvia Johnson (1940-2008)

Related Places

Place

Town

Plainfield

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America