Baskets Plait Work

Object Details

Collector

Father Adrien E. Rouquette

Donor Name

Father Adrien E. Rouquette

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1902; FIG. 123-4; P. 387."

FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD (for both E24143 and 24144): "BASKETS (13).---MADE OF YELLOW, BLACK, AND WHITE CANE, WOVEN IN TWILL, CROSSING WITH THE WOOF TWO OR MORE WARP SPLINTS, AND MANAGING THE STITCHES SO AS TO PRODUCE VARIOUS GEOMETRIC PATTERNS IN THE DIFFERENT COLORS. THE POINTED BASKETS ARE MADE FOR PRESENTS, BECAUSE, AS THE DONOR CLAIM, THEY RESEMBLE THE HEART WHICH SHOULD ACCOMPANY EVERY GIFT. VARIOUS SIZES AND DESIGNS. TAMMANY PARISH, LA., 1876. 24,143-4. COLLECTED BY FATHER ADRIAN ROQUETTE [sic, should be Adrien Rouquette]."

Record Last Modified

22 Jun 2022

Specimen Count

8

Culture

Choctaw (?)

Chitimacha (?)

Accession Date

26 Jul 1876

Accession Number

005281

USNM Number

E24143-0

Object Type

Basket

Place

Not Given, Tammany Parish / Bayou Lacombe, Louisiana, United States, North America

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Anthropology

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Ethnology

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8371540

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3929ef0e5-c779-405b-b9df-34e9f459cc2a