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Exhibition History"American Treasures from the Fenimore Art Museum," The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL, February 11, 2004 – April 16, 2004.
"Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
"American Indian Art from the Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection," Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY, October 13, 2018 - December 31, 2018.
ProvenanceWilliam Channing, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyW.E. Channing 14 August 1989, no.152.
Vincent, Gilbert T. "An Iroquois Sampling." Heritage, Vol.10, no.4 (Summer 1994):4.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.57.
Fognell, Eva, ed. Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, p. 40.
Fognell, Eva, Jonathan Holstein, and Naomi Szpot: Plain & Fancy: Native American Splint Baskets. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2013, p. 19, pl. 14.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 35.
Culture
Oneida (Haudenosaunee)
Splint Basket
Datec. 1840
MediumBlack ash, pigments
DimensionsOverall: 5 × 10 3/4 in. (12.7 × 27.3 cm)
Object numberT0040
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThe Iroquois traded their ash splint baskets across New York State and eastern Ontario. The decoration on the broad splints was created with carved potato stamps dipped in pigments – a technique that may have been adopted from early Swedish and Dutch settlers on the lower Delaware. The shape of this basket was popular among the Oneida of New York State and provided a source of income for the maker as these type of splints baskets were often made for sale.Exhibition History"American Treasures from the Fenimore Art Museum," The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL, February 11, 2004 – April 16, 2004.
"Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
"American Indian Art from the Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection," Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY, October 13, 2018 - December 31, 2018.
ProvenanceWilliam Channing, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyW.E. Channing 14 August 1989, no.152.
Vincent, Gilbert T. "An Iroquois Sampling." Heritage, Vol.10, no.4 (Summer 1994):4.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.57.
Fognell, Eva, ed. Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, p. 40.
Fognell, Eva, Jonathan Holstein, and Naomi Szpot: Plain & Fancy: Native American Splint Baskets. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2013, p. 19, pl. 14.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 35.
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