Basket

Object/Artifact

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Vermont Historical Society

basket

Name/Title

Basket

Entry/Object ID

2013.4.3

Description

Ash splint basket decorated all over the exterior with red-dyed curl work. The top part of the basket is round, and it sits on a square base. The shoulder between the upper portion and the base is reinforced with the use of narrower weavers. The rim is lashed with 1/4"-wide splint. There is a penciled "X" at the center bottom and pencil lines radiating outward from the center to each of the four sides of the base.

Context

Attributed to Seymour L. Morehouse of Westford, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

2013.4

Source or Donor

Buxton, J. Brooks (1934-2018)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Morehouse, Seymour Lamson (1822-1908)

Attribution

Attributed to

Date made

circa 1895

Place

Town

Westford

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

7-5/8 in

Diameter

15 in

Material

Splint