Mold, Basket Weaving

Basket form, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:
1950.2549.1
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Description

Between-centers turned (face grain orientation) kitten-head basket mold of white pine. Top carved to a square, with corners slightly proud of the surface which has been relieved. Scribes on the mold at 1/4", 3/8", 9/16" and faintly at 3/4" from the top. 5/8" hole approximately centered in the bottom and drilled blind. Some pin holes at the corners plugged with slivers of pine.

New York Mount Lebanon

New York Mount Lebanon

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