Pitched water bottle basket
Paiute
Great Basin
early 20th century
Plant fiber coated with pitch, braided horse hair handle
Overall: 10 1/4 × 14 3/4 in. (26 × 37.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Capt. Herbert L. Shuttleworth II, Class of 1935
43.25.8649
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Basket
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Great Basin
Not on view
Exhibition History
Native Ecologies: Recycle, Resist, Protect, Sustain, Owen Robertson Cheatham Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-January 5, 2020
Provenance
Captain Herbert L. Shuttleworth II (1913-2010, Class of 1935), Amsterdam, New York; given to present collection, 1943.
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