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ProvenanceJoel and Kate Kopp, New York City
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.92.
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. 97.
Possibly
Schaghticoke
Splint Basket
Datec. 1800
DimensionsOverall (Includes Handle): 7 × 10 3/4 × 13 1/4 in. (17.8 × 27.3 × 33.7 cm)
Overall (Not Including Handle): 5 1/2 × 10 3/4 × 13 1/4 in. (14 × 27.3 × 33.7 cm)
Object numberT0288
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextDuring the mid-18th century many Native peoples living in the northeast turned their skills to basket making as a means of economic survival in the vastly changing environment of colonial North America. Many basketweavers decorated the ashwood splints with painted designs by using a stamp, either of potato, cork or wood. This particular basket is fairly unusual because it is handpainted.ProvenanceJoel and Kate Kopp, New York City
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.92.
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. 97.
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