Basket
- Object Name:
- Basket
- Object ID:
- 1992.015.01
- Creator:
- Wetherbee, Martha
- Place of Origin:
- Sanbornton, NH
- Date:
- 1992
- Description:
- Basket, small Shaker-style, made by Martha Wetherbee, Sanbornton, NH, 1992. Woven New Hampshire brown ash splint. Round body with square foot. Signed on bottom, "MW / 92". One handle. Larger of a pair.
- Material:
- Wood
Ash - Dimensions:
- H-5.6 Dia-4.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Martha Wetherbee started researching Shaker baskets at Canterbury Shaker Village in 1977. She has made Shaker baskets at her shop in Sanbornton since 1981 and is credited with rediscovering the Shaker method of basket making.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Martha Wetherbee and Nathan Taylor
- People:
- Wetherbee, Martha
- Subjects:
- Baskets
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