Melon-Shaped Basket with Dark Brown Stripes
date: label: Date
content: late 20th-early 21st Century
name: label: Artist
content: Ira Blount
notes: label: Caption
content: This melon-shaped basket is woven with light and dark brown wood splints and reeds in a plain weave. The darker brown reeds create two vertical stripes. The handle is covered with a plain weave with a reed weft and attached to the basket with a God’s Eye design.
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: 2011.0004.0070
objectType: label: Type
content: basket
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood splint, reed, dye
label: Dimensions
content: 11 13/16 × 13 × 12 7/8 in. (30 × 33 × 32.7 cm)