Melon-Shaped Basket with Dyed Reed Design
date: label: Date
content: 1980
name: label: Artist
content: Ira Blount
notes: label: Caption
content: This small melon-shaped basket is made of wood splints and round reeds woven in a plain weave. Reeds dyed purple, pink, and brown are woven into a U-shape that accents the God’s Eye design at the base of the handle.
label: Caption
content: Blount made this basket in 1980, the year he began crafting baskets. He recalls how his first attempt “was a total disaster. The basket wouldn’t sit up…But, I kept trying and trying and finally I made a few that were presentable.” This perseverance is a hallmark of Blount’s process.
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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: 2011.0004.0048
objectType: label: Type
content: basket
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood splint, reed, dye
label: Dimensions
content: 5 7/8 × 6 11/16 × 6 5/16 in. (15 × 17 × 16 cm)