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Title

purse, basket

Object

purse, basket

Native Name

to-hiowaw

Nomenclature Category

3: PERSONAL ARTIFACTS

Nomenclature Classification Term

PERSONAL GEAR:

Culture

Seminole

Brief Description

Tan rectangular upright basket.

Description

Tan rectangular upright basket. Flat base and sides. Twill plaited in a patter of over two, under two of 3/8” wide split palmetto stems, fully wrapped with a 3/8” wide split palmetto stem that catches the top horizontal row of plaited split palmetto stems. The sides are woven with additional weft. The tops of the vertical split palmetto stems are either cut flush or tucked into the attached coil. Two 1/2” wide buckskin handles attached, one on each long side. Each handle is attached at two points 4” apart to form a loop. The ends of the hide are split in two, threaded on each side of the coiled rim, and tied together on the exterior of the basket. The ends dangle approximately 1 1/2” below the knots. May have been sold as a purse.

Use

created for sale to tourists, outsiders /
decorative /
personal adornment

Dimension 1

8” H

Dimension 2

5 1/2” W

Dimension 3

3 3/4” D

Object Date

1951 1955 own/col

Material

fiber(palmetto stem) hide

Construction

plaited (base) woven (sides) coil wrapped (rim) knotted handles

Maker Culture

Seminole

Condition

EXCEL

Source

Davis, Hilda J. -donation

Collector

Davis, Hilda J. anthropological/ethnological
field

Accession Number

1984-06-0019

Type

object

State

FL

Country

USA

Continent

NA

Cataloging History

2010 RECAT: Jodine Perkins

Curatorial/Cataloger Comments

2010 RECAT: Downs p. 198-99 (see 1984-06-0001).

Cataloging: Consulted References

2010 RECAT: Downs. 1997. p 198-99 (see 1984-06-0001)
Mowat. 1992. p. 6 on plaiting and weaving `(see 1984-06-0001)

Rights Holder

Indiana University/Mathers Museum