Basket
29-175-718
From: United States of America | Louisiana | Baldwin
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-718 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chitimacha |
| Provenience | United States of America | Louisiana | Baldwin |
| Culture Area | Southeast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Oak (uncertain) | Pigment |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Small, W/Orange Rim. pointed basket; well made with very narrow strips of oak(?); one side of basket seems slightly higher than other; twilled plaiting; body has 3 under 3 over weave, top- above side points- has 4 under 4 over weave. RIm is finished by braiding strips with a third strip added here only- it is shiny and dyed orange; could be palmetto leaf. Dye comes from puccoon or Texas oak and black gum. |
| Length | 10.3 cm |
| Width | 15 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 1/8389 - Collector Number |
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