Mold, Basket Weaving

Basket form, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:
1950.2553.1
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Description

Between-centers turned, face-grain orientation, white pine basket mold. The top of the mold is carved to a square and the surface of the square is relieved. The mold is scribed 1" and 1 1/2" from the top. The mold bottom has a cove turned into it just inside the circumference, and a 11/16" hole drilled blind into its center. The corners on the square top are plugged where pin holes had macerated the wood.

New York Mount Lebanon

New York Mount Lebanon

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Shaker Museum Mold, Basket Weaving. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=1969. Accessed on November 26, 2024

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