Salt Corn Husk Bottle
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands
Traditional; collected early 20th century
Braided corn husks and cotton thread
Overall: 3 9/16 × 3 1/8 in. (9 × 7.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
56.14.13588
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th 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
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
Collected by Albert Green Heath (1888-1953), early 20th century; sold to Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, 1955; sold to present collection, 1956.
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