Basket
Washoe (Washo)
Great Basin
about 1906
Willow, bracken fern root (Pteridium aquilinum), grass
Overall: 2 3/4 × 7 1/16 in. (7 × 18 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.9356
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Basket
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Great Basin
Not on view
Exhibition History
Containers, East Hall, Dartmouth College, 1982.
Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8, 2011-March 12, 2012.
Publication History
[Northern, Tamara]. "Native American Art". Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, page 22 . (Published in conjunctionwith Gutman Gallery opening exhibition)
George P. Horse Capture, Sr., Joe D. Horse Capture, Joseph M. Sanchez, et al., Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2011, ill. on p. 129 and p. 151, no. 59.
Provenance
Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Nevada, 1906; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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