Braided Cornhusk Salt Bottle Basket (Stopper missing)
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands
late 19th century
Corn husk
Overall: 4 × 4 7/16 in. (10.1 × 11.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Ida Farr Miller
44.18.8748
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th 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
Provenance
Collected by Ellen Frances Burpee Farr (1840-1907) (Mrs. Evarts Worcester Farr, Class of 1863W), Pasadena, California, between 1887-1906; given to her daughter, Ida Farr Miller (1863-1953), 1907; given to present collection, 1944.
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