Basket with Lid
Individually woven strips of hand harvested, dyed, then split river cane support the double-weave pattern of this small basket and lid. Eye-catching dyes in red, black, and yellow accentuate ancestral weaving designs referencing plants, animals, and local environments. Expressing connections to land and water, time-honored designs offer striking contrast to bold diagonal stripes. On the sides yellow "Alligator Entrails" vertically meander, while tiny animal tracks define the lid shape and sides.
Artwork Details
- Title: Basket with Lid
- Artist: Ada Vilcon Thomas (Native American, Chitimacha, 1924–1992)
- Date: 1989
- Geography: (none assigned) Louisiana, United States
- Culture: Chitimacha, Native American
- Medium: Swamp cane
- Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.5 x 4.5in
- Credit Line: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of Native American Art, Gift of Charles and Valerie Diker, 2022
- Object Number: 2022.428.2a, b
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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