Basket (With Cover and Handle)
Canterbury Shakers, New Hampshire, American, 1792 - 1992
Shaker Community
1850s
Bamboo and silk
Overall: 4 5/16 × 3 1/2 in. (11 × 8.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.22.16393
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Basket
Research Area
American History
Not on view
Provenance
Mary Whitcher (1815-1890), Canterbury Shakers, New Hampshire; given to Clara G. Corser as a girl [later Mrs. Frank C. Churchill, 1851-1945)], about 1860; given to present collection, 1946.
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