Handkerchief Pillow Basket

Clara Neptune Keezer, Passamaquoddy / American, 1930 - 2016
Passamaquoddy
Wabanaki
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands

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2007

Brown ash and sweetgrass; Ribbon weave

Overall: 3 × 6 1/2 in. (7.6 × 16.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Alvin and Mary Bert Gutman '40 Acquisition Fund

2008.45.1

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

21st century

Object Name

Basket

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Woodlands

Not on view

Inscriptions

Dated and signed, on reverse, diagonally from bottom left to top right, at top left corner of square, in blue ink: 2007 / Clara / Keezer

Course History

NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2020

NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2021

NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2021

NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2021

Exhibition History

Spirit of the Basket Tree, Wabanaki Ash Splint Baskets from Maine, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 20, 2008-June 28, 2009.

Publication History

Jennifer Sapiel Neptune, Spirit of the Basket Tree, Wabanaki Ash Splint Baskets from Maine, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2008, ill. p. 21.

Provenance

The artist, Pleasant Point, Maine; sold to present collection, 2008.

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