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Metadata
Object Name |
Basket |
Catalog Number |
0985.02.00030 |
Description |
Basket with lid made from woven reed and willow. |
Material |
Wood |
Dimensions |
H-8.25 W-14 D-8.25 inches |
Made |
unidentified slave woman, probably Madison County, Florida, CSA |
Provenance |
This basket was made by slave woman during the Civil War. Likely made in Madison County, Florida, as it was displayed in a "Madison County" case in the museum's Florida Room for many years. "Basket made during the war by a faithful colored 'mammy' and sent in her memory." (1905 Catalog) |
Search Terms |
Mammies Florida |
Subjects |
slaves slavery African Americans Basket making Baskets women civilians Memorials |