Basket
NA8359A
From: United States of America | Maine (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA8359A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Abenaki |
| Provenience | United States of America | Maine (uncertain) |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Birchbark | Porcupine Quills |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Woven birchbark decorated with quills. Chevron pattern around outside of basket, alternating rows of white, blue/green, and yellow. Dotted diamond design around rim, white and blue/green. Geometric design on lid, with diamond in center flanked by blue/green leaf design on either side and white geometric elements surrounding. Label affixed to bottom of basket reads: 35(6?)96 Abenaki 65.00 There is also an illegible signature in pencil. |
| Credit Line | Gift of William K. Jewett, 1918 |
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