Basket
- Object Name:
- Basket
- Object ID:
- 2014.051.02
- Place of Origin:
- New Hampshire
- Date:
- 1900-1920
- Description:
- Miniature basket with cover. Body of ovoid shape, with circular cover. Woven ash splint and spruce root. Cover has spruce root loop and ring on top, and is tied to body with thread. Thread closure fits over spruce root loop on body.
- Material:
- Wood
Ash
Spruce - Dimensions:
- H-3.5 Dia-2.8 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by Fred A. Twitchell (1884-1960), who was born in Milan, NH. He moved to Berlin by 1920, where he worked for the Brown Company in logging camps and on river drives. He was the donor's grandfather.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Larry Twitchell, in memory of Fred A. Twitchell
- People:
- Twitchell, Fred A. (1884-1960)
- Subjects:
- Baskets, Native Americans
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