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ProvenanceWilliam Channing, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.86.
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. 102.
Culture
Penobscot
Box
Datec. 1890
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 8 3/4 in. (14 × 13.3 × 22.2 cm)
Object numberT0294
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThe birchbark on this Penobscot box is decorated with a type of decorative technique known as sgraffito. The dark inner layer of birchbark is used as a surface that the artist then scrapes in part to reveal the light layer beneath. Here the image of a moose and a stag, two animals of great importance to traditional Woodlands economies, are realistically portrayed.ProvenanceWilliam Channing, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.86.
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. 102.
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