A "melon" type basket made primarily by Mr. Levi Sturgeon. The dyeing and weaving with yellow and red splints was done by Mrs. Sturgeon. The splints are woven in near the handle-basket junctures (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes, Field no. 109).
Handle and frame for basket, of same type as UMMAA 13952. Made of shell-bark hickory, dyes Seal Brown, made by Sturgeon on the afternoon of 7/7/33 (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes, Field no. 108).
Black Ash basket splints about 1/2 inch wide, dyed brown with Seal Brown Diamond Dyes. The dying of this material was observed. The strips were trimmed by hand with a pocket knife (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes, Field no. 102).
Narrow black ash basket splints cut with a stripper by Mrs. Sturgeon. The strip from which they were cut had been previously dyed with a dye said to be Diamond brand, yellow. The dyeing process was not observed (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes, Field no. 100).
Narrow black ash splint cut with a stripper by Mrs. Sturgeon, dyed red. The strips were made for basket UMMAA 13952 (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes, Field no. 101).
Same as UMMAA 13943 and 13944, as to source and date of collection. It is the inside piece of an annual ring split twice (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes, Field no. 105).
A splint representing a portion of an annual ring, and the full thickness of the ring. It was taken from a log bought from the Potawatomi chief. It has been trimmed on both edges and smoothed on both sides with a pocket knife. It is said to be unusually thin and when split once would make a good splint for delicate work. A splint of this kind was called a "grain." Obtained from Mrs and Mr. Sturgeon (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes, Field no. 103).
Portion of annual ring which has been trimmed, smooth, and the splitting begun. From the same log mentioned in UMMAA 13941 and UMMAA13942. It was considered to be of very poor quality, hence the low price. The rings were considered to be very thick and coarse (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
Portions of annual rings from a log bought from a neighbor of Mr. Sturgeon for $0.25. The pounding out of these rings was observed and photographed (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes, Field no. 111).
Bought from William George for $0.75. It was considered by Sturgeon to be a little too crooked, but was selected by him as the best of a group of six or eight trees which were examined. The others were thought to be too knotty. The rings of this tree were considered by him to be thin, pliable, and of good texture. The tree was about thirty feet tall, it being about fourteen feet to the first limb. The log was seven feet ten inches long when cut, and the remainder of the trunk to the first limb was discarded as it was too knotty. 5 inches at the diameter at the base, 3.5 inches in diameter at top, having twenty rings. The tree was cut about 6 inches above the ground (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes, Field no. 112).
Ada Aquash Smith (Mrs Hyman Smith) stripping a log, possibly basswood, to make twine to use in the rush mat. The frame for making the rush mat is behind her (from 2019 research on photo).
Ada Aquash Smith (Mrs. Hyman Smith) is seated in a white dress, holding a basket in a style made by her daughter, Myra Greenbird. Ada prepared the bulrushes for the mat that her sister, Sarah Aquash Shogonosh (pointing at the mat), wove the top edge of (from 2019 research on photo).
