Black ash storage basket with fitted lid and applied handles wrapped in ash splints / Unknown

Curatorial Remarks

Storage basket or sold with the intentions of someone using as a picnic basket.

Tags: black ash storage basket, fitted lid, handle, sash splints
People: Ottawa, Great Lakes tribes
Places: Great Lakes
Purpose: commercial sale

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Anthropology Item Information

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Title(s):

Black ash storage basket with fitted lid and applied handles wrapped in ash splints

Creator(s):

Unknown

Culture:

Native American; possibly Ottawa

Date:

Circa 1900

Materials/Techniques:

black ash

Classification:

Ethnographic Objects

Object Type:

Basket

Accession No:

71.511a-b

Previous Number(s):

7127.511A; 25007

Department:

Anthropology

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 13 3/4in. (34.9cm)
Length: 9 1/2in. (24.1cm)
Width: 9in. (22.9cm)

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

ash, basket, basketmaking, basketry, brown, container, containers, Convergence of Native Cultures in Northeast Oklahoma: Connecting Ancient to Modern, Great Lakes, handles, lids, splints, storage, vessel, vessels, weaving, woven

Cite this Page

Unknown. Black ash storage basket with fitted lid and applied handles wrapped in ash splints. 71.511a-b. Circa 1900. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/71511a-b (11/01/2018).

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