Name/Title

Basket

Entry/Object ID

2021.32.1a-b

Description

Large bushel basket with Sweetser-style bottom. The bottom is woven of wooden splints, and the top edge is reinforced with multiple splints wrapped with another narrow splint. Where the splint wrapping is missing, it has been replaced with wire. One of the U-shaped handles is no longer attached.

Context

Made by a member of the Sweetser family. Owned by a member of the Dopp family in South Burlington, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

2021.32

Source or Donor

Dopp, Sarah L.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Place

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

Material

Ash Splint

Relationships

Related Places

Place

City

South Burlington

County

Chittenden County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America