Elm Bark Container

Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands

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collected early 20th century

Elm bark with white ash rim splint and basswood inner bark lashings

Overall: 14 × 9 13/16 × 8 1/4 in. (35.5 × 25 × 21 cm)

Overall: 13/16 in. (2 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase

56.14.13607

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

ANTH 05, Introduction to Archaeology, Nathaniel Kitchel, Summer 2019

NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2020

Exhibition History

The Arts of Native America, The Eastern Woodland: Algonkian and Iroquois, Dartmouth College Museum and Galleries, Anthropology and History Collections, East Gallery, Wilson Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 6-November 11, 1979.

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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