basket, ash splint

basket, ash splint

basket, ash splint

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Large ash splint basket made using the plaiting technique. The wooden handle is secured to the basket with a wooden pin(?) that acts as a hinge and allows the handle to move freely. Created by Delphine Cloud, a member of the Hochunk Nation in 2008, and collected by Pieter Hovens during a field trip in the same year.

Nation of Maker: Hochunk
Nation of Origin

Museum documentation

Date Made or Date Range: 2008
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Museum documentation, GRASAC generated

Materials

ash splint, natural and dyed red and yellow; wood

Techniques or Format

This large ash splint basket with a square base was made using the plaiting technique. It is woven with broad splint spokes, narrow weavers of splint dyed red and yellow, and has one broad yellow weaver in the middle of basket. The handle is made of wood and is secured with the use of a wooden pin(?) attached to the basket that acts as a hinge and allows the handle to move freely.

Motifs and Patterns

The alternating use of dyed splints creates a decorative checkered design along the sides of the basket

Dimensions: 30 × 32 × 43 cm
Condition: Excellent
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Museum documentation

Current Location: Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden, Netherlands
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 6089-3
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 2008
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Pieter Hovens
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 2008
Collection Narratives and Histories

Pieter Hovens

GKS Reference Number: 25250
Approximate Place of Origin

43.7918, -84.2994

Source of Information about Places

Museum documentation indicates: "USA", likely Wisconsin, Western Great Lakes area (?)

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