Decorative Basket with Base
date: label: Date
content: 1998
name: label: Artist
content: Ira Blount
notes: label: Caption
content: This decorative oval basket is mounted to a wooden base. The body is woven in a plain weave with reeds, wood splints, and double plied twisted seagrass cord. The seagrass cord creates a stripe down each side. The handle, which is attached to the basket with an adhesive and artificial sinew, is a thick brown twig that juts out beyond the basket’s body. Two short matching twigs cradle the bottom of the basket, where they are attached with wood splints. Created in 1998 when artist Ira Blount was 80 years old, this piece represents the artist’s progression towards more experimental, decorative basketry. In 2010, this basket was featured in an article in The Washington Informer about senior citizens who have remained active later in life.
label: Caption
content: After moving to Washington, DC following World War II, Ira Blount mastered dozens of artisanal crafts. His love for crafting, learning, and community engagement would endure over the course of his long life and career.
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content: Anacostia Community Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Cite As
content: Gift of Ira Blount
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Anacostia Community Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2011.0004.0061
objectType: label: Type
content: basket
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood splint, reed, seagrass, twig, wood, artificial sinew, stain, adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: 7 1/4 × 11 9/16 × 8 1/16 in. (18.4 × 29.3 × 20.5 cm)