Basket

Object/Artifact

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Vermont Historical Society

basket

Name/Title

Basket

Entry/Object ID

2011.9.1a-b

Description

Green splint basket with curlicues and sweetgrass edging. One row of curlicues on the lid and one on the side of the basket. The weavers are narrow, 1/16" wide, except for row with curlicue. The rim of the basket is banded on the outside by dark green splint and on the inside by natural color splint and wound with green (no breaks). The lid is banded on the outside with sweetgrass and the inside by green splint and wound with green splint (no breaks).

Context

Owned by Cora C. Calderari

Acquisition

Accession

2011.9

Source or Donor

Franzi, Olive Romerio (1920-2018)

Acquisition Method

Gift

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 in

Diameter

5 in

Material

Splint, Sweetgrass