Fancy Basket
Julia Ann Mell, Passamaquoddy / American, 1849 - 1930
Passamaquoddy
Wabanaki
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands
about 1920
Wood splints and grasses
Overall: 3 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (9.5 × 19 × 19 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mary Louise Warden Stewart
996.42.30332
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
Spirit of the Basket Tree, Wabanaki Ash Splint Baskets from Maine, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 20, 2008-June 28, 2009.
Publication History
Jennifer Sapiel Neptune, Spirit of the Basket Tree, Wabanaki Ash Splint Baskets from Maine, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2008, ill. p. 19.
Provenance
Julia Ann Mell ("Mrs. Joe Mel"), Grand Lake Stream, Maine; sold to Mary Louise Warden Stewart, Newburgh, New York, 1920; given to present collection, 1996.
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