Single-weave purse basket with handles

Artist Eleanor Ferris Chickaway (Choctaw)

Date2007

MediumFiber, pigment, Rivercane (arundinaria sp.)

Dimensions7 1/2” H x 9 1/4” W x 6 3/4” D

Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Timothy Sullivan ’89

Object numberNA2008.02.SUL

DescriptionSingle-woven purse basket with rectangular base, oval top, and two handles. Made with natural and dyed black and maroon river cane forming a simple chain pattern at the top and interlocking diamonds with crosses at their centers below. The diamond pattern represents markings of the snake.

ClassificationsBasketry

Collections

Longyear Museum of Anthropology Collections

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