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Metadata
Object Name |
Holder, Needle |
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 Needles |
Material |
Ash Splint/Sweetgrass |
Description |
Abenaki-made needle holder. Two flat circles woven of sweetgrass and ash splint dyed green. Inside the rounds are two pieces of fabric, loosely fixed to one round with a torn piece of green ribbon (originally in a loop to hold fabric in place). Sewing needles would have been stored in the fabric pieces. |
Notes |
Paper tag tied through loops of sweetgrass pieces. Handwritten on tag in ink on one side: "'Abenaki'" and on other side "Mrs Pacquette / 1926". No indication regarding identify of Mrs. Pacquette, whether she was a previous owner or the maker. Also not clear whether date, 1926, is year of manufacture or collection, etc. |
Dimensions |
W-3 Dia-2.625 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 |
2023.072.0011 |
Imagefile |
209\20230720011.JPG |
Owned by |
Harriet Lux |
Credit line |
Gift of Timothy Slisz in memory of Donald Nokes John Frasher. |