Small, round mouthed, square bottomed; made of split cane. Has orange and brown dyed split cane used to make a scalloping design around body; yellow dyed cane used on rim and just under rim in alternating brown and yellow band. Some of rim is cracked, yellow cane is faded.
Donor:
Mary Rosamond Haas
Collection place:
Charenton, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
Verbatim coll. place:
Louisiana; St. Mary; Charenton
Culture or time period:
Chitimacha
Collector:
Mary Rosamond Haas
Collection date:
1930-1939
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 13.2 centimeters and diameter 27.5 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: Made as a gift for collector following designs in Swanton's illustrations.