Jar-Shaped Basket
date: label: Date
content: 1984
name: label: Artist
content: Ira Blount
notes: label: Caption
content: This basket, which resembles a jar, tapers inward toward the wood splint rim. Natural-colored splints, round reeds, and double plied twisted seagrass cord are woven in a plain weave. The rim is decorated with seagrass cord.
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: 2011.0004.0076
objectType: label: Type
content: basket
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: seagrass, wood splint, reed
label: Dimensions
content: 6 11/16 × 6 11/16 in. (17 × 17 cm)