Basket

basket

Name/Title

Basket

Entry/Object ID

2011.16

Description

Large basket with Sweetser-style bottom. The basket is woven of wooden splints, and the top edge is reinforced with nailed-on splits at both the exterior and interior. There are two U-shaped handles on either side of the rim.

Context

Likely made by a member of the Sweetser family

Acquisition

Accession

2011.16

Source or Donor

Blais, Celine M.

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Date made

1920 - 1930

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

17-3/4 in

Diameter

24 in

Material

Wood

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Town

Waterbury

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Place

Town

Stowe

County

Lamoille County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America