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29-175-722

From: United States of America | Texas

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29-175-722
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Alibamu
Provenience United States of America | Texas
Culture Area Southeast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Cane (plant) | Pigment
Technique Basketry
Description

Pointed; small; cane; twilled plaiting mostly in under 3 over 4. RIm loosely bound with strips intertwined. Handle of cane loops, wrapped with a strip, attached under rim. Decoration: some horizontal strips dyed red, some are coarse side of cane; most vertical strips are shiny side of cane but some are reversed. Pattern not very clear. Dye may be native.

Height 22 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Length 13.9 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Width 9.1 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Credit Line Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917
Other Number 2/5589 - Collector Number

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