Basket
- Object Name:
- Basket
- Creator:
- Unidentified Wabenaki
- Date:
- 1840
- Material:
- Wood
Wire
Cotton - Dimensions:
- H-1.3 W-4.75 D-0.25 inches
- Description:
- Basket - ash splint. Splint handle reinforced with wire. Squared bottom, rounded rim. Smaller splints accent rim, center, and bare edge. Remnants of woven string on base. Hand-written along outer weaving in pencil: "Made by Indians encamped at Bassett Mill Road at Crossing Emerson Hill Road in 1840."
- Provenance:
- Penciled description on basket reads "Made by Indians Encamped at Bassett Mill Road at Crossing Emerson Hill road in 1840." Purchased from the estate of Katherine Brown Bailey of Hopkinton (died 1996).
- Subjects:
- Baskets, Indian encampments, Indians of North America
- People:
- Bailey, Katherine B.
- Item Number:
- 1996.0014
- Accession Number:
- 1996.0014
- Type of Material:
- Objects
- Copyright Statement:
- For information regarding copyright, permissions, and reproductions contact the Hopkinton Historical Society
- Credit Line:
- Museum Purchase, from the estate of Katherine Brown Bailey
- Participating Organization:
- Hopkinton Historical Society
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