White Ash Potato Basket
Bazil Andrew Peters, Mi'kmaq / Canadian, 1932 - 2014
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
Wabanaki
First Nation
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands
collected August 6, 1970
White Ash wood
Overall: 16 1/8 × 14 3/16 in. (41 × 36 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
170.44.24960
Geography
Place Made: 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
Provenance
Bazil Peters, Glooscap's Trading Post, Truro, Nova Scotia; sold to Alvin H. Morrison (Class of 1957) for the Dartmouth College Museum, August 1970.
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