Basket form, Mount Lebanon, NY

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Object ID:

1992.1.91

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Makers

Shaker

Description

Turned-wood basket weaving mold. The mold has two sections divided by a turned line at 2 3/16" h. The shorter section has a flat end with rings emitting from the center. There are remnants of a canvas-like material along the edges of the face. From the edge the continues straight for about 1 1/2" when it starts to curve inward. Above the turn-line the taller section tapers in to a diameter of 2 1/4". At the center of this end of the mold is a hole 2 1/8" in diameter and 2 3/8" deep.

New York Mount Lebanon

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