NATIVE AMERICAN PAINT DECORATED SPLINT BASKET
Woven splint basket
Probably ash
Period fabric lining
Stamped paint decoration
Native American
Eastern Woodlands
11.5” H x 15.5″ Diameter
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has in its collections a very similar basket attributed to the Passamaquoddy culture. See below:
Title: Lidded Storage Basket
Date: ca. 1840
Geography: United States, Maine
Culture: Passamaquoddy (?)
Medium: Ash splint, wood, pigment
Dimensions: H. 14 1/2 x W. 24 x D. 15 in. (36.8 x 61 x 38.1 cm)
Classification: Basketry-Containers
Credit Line: Ralph T. Coe Collection, Gift of Ralph T. Coe Foundation for the Arts, 2011
Accession Number: 2011.154.29a, b
Harry Geason, Marietta, PA, after 1976; [John and Valerie Arieta, London];[Patchwork Samplers, Clayton, MO]; Ralph T. Coe, Santa Fe, NM, until (d.) 2010; Ralph T. Coe Foundation for the Arts, 2010–2011
