Anacostia Community Museum
Melon-Shaped Basket with Side Handles
Ira Blount · 1995
The rim of this large melon-shaped basket is made of a sinuous twig doubled and bent into an oval shape. The handles are simply exposed, unwoven sections of the rim. Round reeds run the length of the basket, crossed with wood splints woven in a plain weave. A stripe of round red-dyed reeds accents the ends of the basket.
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