Basket
29-10-32
From: Canada | Quebec | Maniwaki
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 29-10-32 |
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 |
Technique | Basketry | Twilled |
Description | twilled Ash wood splints. "Open work" basket made to hang on wall. The distribution of this type of basket, is of interest, similar baskets being found among the Mohegan of Connecticut and among other tribes where they are used principally for washing. |
Depth | 30 cm |
Outside Diameter | 20 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Frederick Johnson (#1-93) / Gift of Frank Speck (#94-99), 1929 |
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