Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
As Native and non-Native cultures interacted, Wabanaki artists created new and exciting designs to meet the tourist market, including glove boxes, sewing accessories, powder dispensers, and wall pockets—sometimes in fanciful shapes like acorns and strawberries.
This basket was created in the shape of a hat, and is a powder dispenser, complete with a puff inside.
About This Item
- Title: Passamaquoddy basket in the shape of a hat, ca. 1950
- Creation Date: circa 1950
- Subject Date: circa 1950
- Location: Washington County, ME
- Media: Ash, dyes, sweetgrass, cordage
- Dimensions: 3.25 cm x 6.25 cm
- Local Code: 2012.103_A_B
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Artists
- Basketmakers
- Baskets
- Indians of North America--Maine
- Native Americans--baskets
- Wabanaki Indians
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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