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Datec. 1875-1900
MediumNatural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
DimensionsOverall: 6 in. × 5 1/2 in. × 10 1/2 in. (15.2 × 14 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Benjamin W. Arnold, Class of 1866; Transferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.481
Not on view
DescriptionProbably used for picking berries. This basket was folded for storing in the off seasons.
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2005
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Hamilton Collects, A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection," September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat., illlus. 18);
1985
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Wonderful Heroes, Fearsome Creatures," November 2 - December 14, 1985 (cat. no. 28, illus. 35).
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Hamilton Collects, A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection," September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat., illlus. 18);
1985
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Wonderful Heroes, Fearsome Creatures," November 2 - December 14, 1985 (cat. no. 28, illus. 35).
Provenance
1984: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Anthropology Department;
by 1979 - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
c. late 1800s, definitely by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift of Benjamin W. Arnold.
by 1979 - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
c. late 1800s, definitely by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift of Benjamin W. Arnold.
Published References
WONDERFUL HEROES FEARSOME CREATURES: ART OF THE NORTHWEST COAST exh. cat. (Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1985), 34, illus. 34.
Signature
Unsigned
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on bottom: NANW 22 [underlined]; E5
Date: c. 1850-75
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root; natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.483
Date: c. 1850-75
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root; natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.482
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.478
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.479
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.474a-b
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.475a-b
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.476a-b
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.477
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.490
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.492
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.494