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Basket
Native American, Mohican or Schaghtikoke
1850–1900
Medium/Technique
Painted wood splint
Dimensions
Height x length: 38.1 x 31.8 x 21 cm (15 x 12 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Arthur C. Beale Trust through the generous assistance of Teresa A. Hensick
Accession Number2024.2208a-b
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsBasketry
DescriptionRectangular, lidded splint basket with dot patterns in red, yellow and blue. Painted on one side only. Plain, over one, under one, plaited and wickerwork structure varied with wide and narrow splints and overlays. Remnants of an old newspaper is glued to the interior of the basket.
ProvenanceJanuary 6, 2001, sale, Skinner, Boston, lot 346 to Arthur Beale (b. 1940 – d. 2022) and Teresa Hensick, Scituate, MA; transferred by Arthur Beale and Teresa Hensick to the Arthur C. Beale Trust; 2024, gift of the Arthur C. Beale Trust, through Teresa Hensick, to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 14, 2024)