Basket with Single-Lashed Rim
date: label: Date
content: 1998
name: label: Artist
content: Ira Blount
notes: label: Caption
content: This basket resembles a traditional Shaker basket without a handle. The rim is single-lashed, while the weave of the wood splints is extremely uniform and tight, providing symmetrical balance and unity. The flat bottom of the basket has artist Ira Blount’s initials and the number “98,” likely the date when he made the basket.
label: Caption
content: Journalist Deidre R. Gantt has noted that Blount’s philosophy on crafting aligns with the Shaker proverb “use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.” Shaker beliefs about resourcefulness and self-sufficiency mirror Blount’s, and Shaker design influenced the form, style, and shape of this basket.
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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: 2011.0004.0015
objectType: label: Type
content: basket
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood splint, reed, adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: 4 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (11.1 × 14 cm)