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Date1850-1900
MediumCedar bark
DimensionsOverall: 18 1/2 in. × 18 in. × 1 1/2 in. (47 × 45.7 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineCollection of Hamilton College
Object number1984.499
Not on view
DescriptionA type used for carrying and storing materials, this folded basket has cedar bark twine handles and tying loops, and some decoration done in twilling. This basketry technology was widespread along the coast from southern Alaska to Puget Sound.

Additional Details

Exhibition History 1985
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Wonderful Heroes, Fearsome Creatures," November 2 - December 14, 1985 (cat. no. 43, illus. 38).
Provenance 1984: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Anthropology Department;
by 1979 - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department);
likely by 1925: Hamilton College (likely Knox Hall of Natural History), likely by gift from an unknown donor (research pending).
Published References WONDERFUL HEROES FEARSOME CREATURES: ART OF THE NORTHWEST COAST (exh. cat. Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1985), 38, illus. 38.
Date: 1850-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed cedar bark
Object number: 1984.501
Trinket basket
Date: c. 1850-1925
Medium: Cedar bark and beargrass and dyes
Object number: 1989.3.8a-b
Date: 1850-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed cedar bark
Object number: 1984.500
Date: date unknown
Medium: Bark with pigment
Object number: 2000.1.2
© Estate of Terry Albright. Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Terry Albright
Date: 1994
Medium: Tree bark, twigs, feathers, and mica on paper
Object number: 2025.9.1
Trinket basket
Date: c. 1850-1925
Medium: Cedar and dyes
Object number: 1989.3.9a-b
Basket
Date: c. 1850-75
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root; natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.483
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.481
Date: c. 1850-75
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root; natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.482
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root
Object number: 1996.15.35
The Real McCoy
Tom Meacham
Date: 2006
Medium: Acrylic on canvas and wood sculpture with CedarFresh natural cedar spray
Object number: 2012.3.14
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Date: before 1927
Medium: Paper mulberry tree bark
Object number: S2024.5.2