Rectangular, with one side rising higher into triangular shape, topped by loop for hanging. Ash strip connects front of basket with opposite triangle-shaped side, threaded through top of triangle to anchor hanging loop. Made of brown ash; blue, green, natural, checker plaited.
Donor:
Susan MacCulloch Stevens and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Passamaquoddy Indian Township Reservation, Washington County, Maine
Verbatim coll. place:
Maine; Indian Township Reservation
Culture or time period:
Passamaquoddy
Collector:
Susan MacCulloch Stevens
Collection date:
October 28, 1978
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Context of use:
Container for combs and brushes, hangs in bathroom.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 24 centimeters and height 6 centimeters
Comment:
References: "The Explorer" vol 17, no. 3, Fall 1975, pp 4-12, Cleveland Museum of Natural History.