Fancy Basket

Rocky Keezer, Passamaquoddy / American, born 1955
Passamaquoddy
Wabanaki
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands

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2008

Brown ash and sweetgrass; Blue, purple, and white dye ; Ribbon and point weaves

Overall: 7 1/2 × 7 5/8 in. (19.1 × 19.3 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Phyllis and Betram Geller 1937 Memorial Fund

2008.43

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, bottom center, in blue ink: Rocky / Keezer 2008

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, Perry, Maine; sold to present collection, 2008.

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