Long Handled Banyan Basket

Dorothy Gill Barnes, Long Handled Banyan Basket, 1988, shaped, woven, and assembled banyan and red spruce bark, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Theodore Cohen in memory of his mother and her sisters: Rose Melmon Cohen, Blanche Melmon, Mary Melmon Greenberg and Fanny Melmon Liberman, 1998.122.1
Dorothy Gill Barnes, Long Handled Banyan Basket, 1988, shaped, woven, and assembled banyan and red spruce bark, 16 x 52 3⁄4 x 9 1⁄2 in. (40.6 x 134.0 x 24.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Theodore Cohen in memory of his mother and her sisters: Rose Melmon Cohen, Blanche Melmon, Mary Melmon Greenberg and Fanny Melmon Liberman, 1998.122.1

Artwork Details

Title
Long Handled Banyan Basket
Artist
Date
1988
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
16 x 52 3⁄4 x 9 1⁄2 in. (40.6 x 134.0 x 24.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Theodore Cohen in memory of his mother and her sisters: Rose Melmon Cohen, Blanche Melmon, Mary Melmon Greenberg and Fanny Melmon Liberman
Mediums
Mediums Description
shaped, woven, and assembled banyan and red spruce bark
Classifications
Object Number
1998.122.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1998.122.1

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