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Container with lid
Native American, Penobscot or Passamaquoddy
1930–50s
Object Place: Penobscot or Passamaquoddy, Maine, United States, Northeast, Maine
Medium/Technique
Birchbark and spruce root
Dimensions
8.57 x 16.51 x 15.87 cm (3 3/8 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by the Barra Foundation, Inc.
Accession Number1992.524a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsBasketry
DescriptionHorseshoe shaped dark bark container with lid. Scraped foliate drawing exposes lighter under-bark around sides and top of container; overlapping, half-circle, border-drawings made with a compass on lid; medallion in circle on center top.
Provenance1992, sold by Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 16, 1992)