Sewing basket with lid from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A coiled woven, round sewing basket (2011.12.9.1a) with a matching lid (2011.12.9.1b) from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. Both the basket and lid are primarily comprised of natural-colored fibers. The rounded, bowl-shaped basket is adorned with red, green, and black dyed fibers that are woven into repeating, stepped, zig-zag patterns throughout the main body of the bowl. The rim of the basket is wrapped with partially frayed red dyed fibers. One end of the rim end crosses over the other end and the protruding loose reeds splay over the front of the basket. The red fiber wrapped around the fibers of the basket rim at this end has significantly frayed and unraveled towards the loose end. The lid is flat and round and features repeating, stepped, zig-zag patterns throughout the top surface of the lid. The rim features three, stacked, woven coils which are the same diameter as the basket opening.

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