Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2009
The Year
Acquisitions
Art of the Americas: July 2008–June 2009
Carrying basket (or coiled pack basket)
about 1890
Overall: 30.5 x 26 cm (12 x 10 1/4 in.)
Coiled cedar and spruce, completely imbricated with bear grass, wild cherry bark, and horsetail or dyed cedar bark
Classification: Basketry
Culture: Native American (Lataxat [Klikitat])
Object Place: Columbia River area, Washington
Accession number: 2008.1503
Location: Native North American Art
Description: Fully imbricated carrying basket with "Geese in Flight" pattern; rim has nine carrying loops.
Provenance/Ownership History: Acquired by the donors at a Seahawk Auction, Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, in June 2006, lot 98. (Accession Date: December 17, 2008)
Gift of Arthur Beale and Teri Hensick