Eagle's Nest Basket
Fred Tomah, Maliseet / American, 1951 - 2018
Maliseet (Malecite)
Wabanaki
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands
2008
Natural and dyed brown ash; large chair weave with a black background and white diamond, zigzag and banded designs, on a pottery shape
Overall: 15 × 15 1/4 in. (38.1 × 38.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Alvin and Mary Bert Gutman '40 Acquisition Fund
2008.42
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
21st century
Object Name
Basket
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, on the bottom, center, in blue ink: Fred / Tomah / #3 08
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. 22.
John R. Stomberg, The Hood Now: Art and Inquiry at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2019, p. 210, ill. plate no. 141.
Provenance
Ordered from the artist at the Native American Festival and Basketmakers Market in Bar Harbor, Maine, July 5, 2008; sold to present collection, 2008.
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