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Metadata
Object Name |
Basket, Needlework |
Date |
1915ca |
Maker |
Abenaki |
Subjects |
Art Baskets Basket making Sewing Sewing equipment & supplies Needlework Native Americans Native peoples Indigenous peoples Indians of North America Trade Strawberries |
Material |
Ash Splint/Sweetgrass |
Description |
Small Abenaki-made strawberry-shaped fancy basket. Fancy basket woven of red dyed ash splint and small amounts of sweetgrass and fitted lide woven of sweetgrass and green dyed ash spint. The green splint in the lid is cut and shaped like leaves. The lid fits inside of the basket well. The lid has a handle/loop made of sweetgrass and wrapped in green splint. Possibly used to store sewing implements, but uncertain. |
Dimensions |
H-2 W-3.5 L-6 inches |
Collection |
Indian Culture 05: Baskets |
People |
Lux, Harriet |
Search Terms |
Basket making.; baskets sewing needlework Souvenirs Native American Native Americans Indigenous peoples-- Abenaki Abenaki baskets.; Abenaki Indians Indians Art |
Catalog Number |
2023.072.0012a-b |
Imagefile |
209\20230720012ab.JPG |
Owned by |
Harriet Lux |
Credit line |
Gift of Timothy Slisz in memory of Donald Nokes John Frasher. |