Sewing basket with lid from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: A coiled woven, round sewing basket (2011.12.9.1a) with a matching lid (2011.12.9.1b) from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. Both the basket and lid are primarily comprised of natural-colored fibers. The rounded, bowl-shaped basket is adorned with red, green, and black dyed fibers that are woven into repeating, stepped, zig-zag patterns throughout the main body of the bowl. The rim of the basket is wrapped with partially frayed red dyed fibers. One end of the rim end crosses over the other end and the protruding loose reeds splay over the front of the basket. The red fiber wrapped around the fibers of the basket rim at this end has significantly frayed and unraveled towards the loose end. The lid is flat and round and features repeating, stepped, zig-zag patterns throughout the top surface of the lid. The rim features three, stacked, woven coils which are the same diameter as the basket opening. The bottom coil fits snugly inside the basket and the top coil is slightly raised for lifting the lid. The top coil is wrapped with partially frayed and unraveled red dyed fibers. Three areas of the top coil of the rim have losses where the core of the coil is fully exposed.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Ornamentation
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.9.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sewing baskets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment on raffia
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (9ab): 4 3/4 × 9 5/8 × 9 3/16 in. (12 × 24.5 × 23.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (9a): 4 5/16 × 9 5/8 × 9 3/16 in. (11 × 24.5 × 23.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (9b): 1 1/8 × 7 13/16 × 8 in. (2.8 × 19.8 × 20.3 cm)