Basket

NameBasket

Maker Vincenzo Ancona

CultureSicilian- American

Dateca. late 1970s/1980s

Place madeBrooklyn, New York, United States, North America

MediumNatural fibers, colored telephone wire

Dimensions3 9/16 × 8 11/16 × 8 11/16 in. (9 × 22 × 22 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Fran Favaloro, A.2016.11.1

Object numberA.2016.11.1

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionBody of basket made of natural fibers light yellow/brown in color. At the base, slight decoration in colorful telephone wire. Around the wide, circular mouth of basket is a scalloped edge with colorful decoration in the form of wrapped telephone wire alternating between red and blue.