Basket
29-10-33
From: Canada | Quebec | Maniwaki
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-10-33 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Algonkin |
| Provenience | Canada | Quebec | Maniwaki |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Locus | Reservation 6 miles south of Maniwaki. |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ash Wood | Pigment |
| Technique | Basketry | Twilled |
| Description | twilled Ash wood splints. Wall basket. This basket has been decorated by stamping designs called wap gwun "flowers" in red and blue on the splints. The use of splints having different widths may be also noted, perhaps this is a conscious attempt at decoration. |
| Length | 30 cm |
| Width | 11 cm |
| Depth | 10 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Frederick Johnson (#1-93) / Gift of Frank Speck (#94-99), 1929 |
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