Jar-Shaped Basket with Lid
Iñupiaq
Western Arctic
Arctic
late 19th or early 20th century
Wild rye grass (foundation and weft), jute (false-braid edging); wrap twining technique
Overall: 8 1/4 × 3 9/16 in. (21 × 9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Charles Sheldon
50.42.12480
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Basket
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Publication History
Tamara Northern and Davina Begaye, Guide to the Exhibition of Northern Native American Basketry, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1990.
Provenance
Collected by Charles Alexander Sheldon (1867-1928); to his wife, Louise Walker Gulliver Sheldon (1867-1950), Woodstock, Vermont; given to present collection, 1950.
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