basket, ash splint

basket, ash splint

basket, ash splint

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Introduction

Rectangular oak or ash splint basket, red and green dyed, with sweet grass embellishments, flat lid with ring closure. Donated by Mrs. E.S. Walker in 1934.

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

FLMNH records, attributed by N. Feder, February 1972.

Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

FLMNH records

Materials

thin oak or ash splint, sweet grass

Techniques or Format

Rectangular; thin oak or ash slpint; dyed green with 2 red splints; braided sweet grass band on plat lid; wrapped ring closure; 2 hinges on long side; sweet grass rim.

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 60229
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1934-06-uu
Collection Narratives and Histories

Donated by Mrs. E.S. Walker, Gainesville Florida, in June 1934 as part of a miscellaneous collection.

GKS Reference Number: 25212
Record Creation Context

Created from the FLMNH records