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Basket: Sewing Basket

2018.07.0002

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Artifact Identification Basket: Sewing Basket   (2018.07.0002)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Materials T&E
    2. :
  2. Textileworking T&E
    3. :
  3. Needleworking T&E
    4. ;
  4. Personal Artifacts
    5. :
  5. Personal Gear
    6. :
  6. Personal Carrying & Storage Gear
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1975 - 1978 CE
Culture Afro-American
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Diameter) 33 cm
Dimension 2 (Height) 31 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 1107 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Palm Fronds
Manufacturing Processes Textile--Hand/Loom Woven

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Derby, Doris A. Black Women Basket Makers: A study of domestic economy in Charleston County, South Carolina. PhD Thesis. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1980.

Lee, M. Jeannette Gaillard, Sweetgrass Basket Maker. "History of Sweetgrass Baskets." Sweetgrass Basket Weavers. https://www.tompsc.com/DocumentCenter/View/751/History-of-Sweetgrass-Basket-Weavers?bidId.


Rosengarten, Dale, Theodore. Rosengarten, Enid. Schildkrout, and Judith Ann. Carney. Grass Roots : African Origins of an American Art. New York: Museum for African Art, 2008.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication The Doris A. Derby Collection
Reproduction N/A

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