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Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by B…
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Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by Bryan Edwards, Class of 2019. For educational purposes only.
Artist/Maker (Mohawk, 1917 - 1999)
Date20th century
MediumSplint ash and sweet grass
DimensionsOverall (with lid): 8 × 8 in. (20.3 × 20.3 cm) Composition (a) (basket): 4 1/2 in. × 8 in. (11.4 × 20.3 cm) Composition (b) (lid): 3 1/2 in. × 8 in. (8.9 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LinePurchased with funds donated by Williamn G. Roehrick, Class of 1934, H1971, in honor of Chief Skenandoah
Object number2004.6a-b
Not on view
DescriptionWoven splint ash with sweet grass with lid with circular woven handle.
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Exhibition History 2011
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Learning to Look: Hamilton's Cabinets, Galleries and Museums Past, Present and Future," September 15 - December 16, 2011 (no cat.);

1995
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Dreams and Visions from the Woodlands: Contemporary Artists of the Iroquois and Ojibwa," January 16 - February 19, 1995.
Provenance 1995: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery).
Markings Marked in ink on bottom at center: SNYE, Que. 1995
Published References Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, "Gallery Acquires Contemporary Native American Art", FRIENDS OF ART NEWSLETTER (August 1995).
Signature Signed in ink on bottom at center: Mary Adams
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Photo by John Bentham.
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