Small Basket with Handle

Object Details

Artist

Ira Blount

Caption

This small basket resembles a traditional Shaker basket. The handle is small and thin, the rim has double-lashing, and the wood splints vary in thickness.

After moving to Washington, DC following World War II, Ira Blount mastered dozens of artisanal crafts. His love for crafting, learning, and community engagement would endure over the course of his long life and career. As a self-taught maker and member of the Basket Bunch, a basket-making guild in Prince George’s County, Maryland, artist Ira Blount found inspiration in multiple styles of basketry with unique aesthetics and histories. Part of what may have attracted Blount to this style of basketry was the Shaker tradition of simplicity and self-sufficiency, which mirrors his own beliefs and habits.

Cite As

Gift of Ira Blount

late 20th-early 21st Century

Accession Number

2011.0004.0014

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

basket

Medium

wood splint

Dimensions

2 1/2 × 2 3/8 in. (6.4 × 6 cm)

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Anacostia Community Museum Collection

Anacostia Community Museum

Record ID

acm_2011.0004.0014

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dl89f7a7773-5af6-4cab-b08d-30d397859413