Basket
- Museum number:
- 2-66161
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020066161
- Accession number:
- Acc.3797
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Square bottomed, checker plaited basket which is oval at top; 2 carrying handles attached to rim; made of straw-colored material.
- Donor:
- Ralph C. Shanks
- Collection place:
- Six Nations Reserve, Ontario, Canada
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Canada; Ontario; Six Nations Reserve
- Culture or time period:
- Mohawk
- Maker or artist:
- Margaret David [Mohawk]
- Collector:
- Ralph C. Shanks
- Collection date:
- 1970
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
- Function:
- 1.5 Household
- Context of use:
- Corn washing basket (used when washing wood ashes out of corn during pre-cooking preparation).
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- width 32.5 centimeters and height 23.2 centimeters
- Images:
-
- Legacy documentation:
-