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Butterfly Basket

Ira Blount

Constructed in the shape of a butterfly, this basket includes double plied twisted seagrass cord, wood splints, and round reeds woven in a plain weave. This variety of materials gives the piece texture and provides a slight variation in color, as the seagrass cord is darker than the splints and round reeds. The handle is covered with a plain weave and reed weft.

Date

1998

Type

basket

Medium

wood splint, reed, seagrass

Department

ACM

Institution

Anacostia Community Museum

Object number

acm_2011.0004.0064

Credit

Gift of Ira Blount