Round Basket With Lid
Elsie Dauphinais Watso, Abenaki / Canadian, 1908 - unknown
Abenaki
Wabanaki
First Nation
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands
Dr. Gordon M. Day
July 1960
Wood Splints, cellophane cord, and red dye
Overall: 7 7/8 × 6 5/16 in. (20 × 16 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
160.42.14586
Geography
Place Made: Odanak ( Abenaki First Nations Reserve), Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Basket
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Course History
NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2020
Exhibition History
The Arts of Native America, The Eastern Woodland: Algonkian and Iroquois, Dartmouth College Museum and Galleries, Anthropology and History Collections, East Gallery, Wilson Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 6-November 11, 1979.
Provenance
Made by Elsie Dauphinais Watso, Odanak, Quebec, Canada; sold to William Bryant, Class of 1962 (Anthropology Professor Dr. Gordon M. Day's summer ethnographic research assistant); sold to present collection, 1960.
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