Basket

Basket Lid

33-32-1B

From: United States of America | Maine | Oldtown

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 33-32-1B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Penobscot
Provenience United States of America | Maine | Oldtown
Culture Area Northeast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Birch Bark
Technique Basketry
Description

Hamper shaped. Rectangular bottom, oval mouth, decorated with lightly incised designs, star and others, cut through the new bark in early spring.

Height 50.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of Dr. Samuel W. Fernberger, 1933

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