Lined and Stamped Basket
possibly Paugussett (Paugusset)
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands
Unknown people (Woodlands)
about 1799
Stamped brown ash and lined with green silk
Overall: 3 3/8 × 7 1/2 × 4 3/4 × 3/8 in. (8.5 × 19 × 12 × 1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Harold Cairnie
159.56.14479
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Basket
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Inscriptions
Enclosed tag: "This was bought from the Indians and spoons kept in it, 1799."
Course History
NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2020
NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2021
NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2021
NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2021
Exhibition History
The Arts of Native America, The Eastern Woodland: Algonkian and Iroquois, Dartmouth College Museum and Galleries, Anthropology and History Collections, East Gallery, Wilson Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 6-November 11, 1979.
Publication History
Jennifer Sapiel Neptune, Spirit of the Basket Tree, Wabanaki Ash Splint Baskets from Maine, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2008, ill. p. 4.
Provenance
Lent by Abby Dorothy Blanchard Cairnie (1906-1987), Delray, Florida; given to present collection, 1959.
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