Basket and Lid
Lena Sockabasin Paul, Passamaquoddy / Canadian, 1921 - 1996
Passamaquoddy
First Nation
Wabanaki
Maliseet (Malecite)
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands
about 1970
Wood, sweetgrass, and dye
Overall: 4 3/8 × 6 1/8 in. (11.1 × 15.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
170.44.24958
Geography
Place Made: Tobique Maliseet Reserve, Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Basket
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Course History
NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2020
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.
Provenance
Lena Sockabasin Paul, Chief Samgoose's Tobique Wigwam Village, Maliseet, New Brunswick; sold to Alvin H. Morrison (Class of 1957) for the Dartmouth College Museum, August 1970.
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