basket, winnowing

basket, winnowing

basket, winnowing

sompochee

4: TOOLS AND EQUIPMENTS FOR MATERIALS

AGRICULTURAL Tools & Equipment:

Seminole

Tan shallow rounded rectangular basket.

Tan shallow rounded rectangular basket. The slightly flat outwardly rounded base has four square corners. The center 8 1/4” x 7 3/4” square of the center base is twill plaited in a pattern of over two, under two of 1/8” wide split palmetto stems leaving square open areas of approximately 1/8-1/4”. The rest is twill plaited in a closed pattern of over two, under two 1/8” wide split palmetto stems for the vertical splints and 1/4” wide split palmetto stems for the horizontal splints for the first 4 rows and 3/8” wide split palmetto stems (moving toward the rim) for the last 4 rows. The first four rows are also lighter in color than the last four rows, forming what appears to be a deliberate pattern.The sides flare out into a slightly curved rim. The rim is finished with a coil of narrow split palmetto stems, fully wrapped with a 3/8” wide split palmetto stem. The sides are woven with an additional weft. This coil is attached to the top edge of the basket with a wrapped 1/8” wide split palmetto stem that catches the top horizontal row of plaited split palmetto stems. The tops of the vertical split palmetto stems are either cut flush or tucked into the attached coil. A double strand of thin copper wire is looped around one of the split palmetto stems 51/4” from the rim and is fastened together on the underside of the basket in a tight twist forming a 1/4” loop on the underside. This loop may have been used to hang the basket on the wall and may have been added by the collector. Matches wire on 1984-06-0014.

created for sale to tourists, outsiders /
decorative

14.5”

14”

3 7/8”

1951 1955 own/col

fiber(palmetto stem) metal wire (copper?)

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

Seminole

V GOOD

Davis, Hilda J. -donation

Davis, Hilda J. anthropological/ethnological
field

1984-06-0016

object

FL

USA

NA

2010 RECAT: Jodine Perkins

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

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

Indiana University/Mathers Museum