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Object Number
04-37-10/63616
Display Title
Splint basket
Descriptions
Object Description
Splint basket made by Phoebe Pocknett (Popmonet or Poponet)
Object Description
Mashpee artist Phoebe Pocknett (1888-1968) wove this wicker-plaited oak splint (or thin strip of wood) basket. The basket features a checkerboard or “in and out” weave with single wrap-reinforced flared rim. Baskets like this one were made for use in daily life. This particular basket shows little wear, suggesting that it may have been created by the artist for sale.
Inventory Description
Basket, splint, cylindrical, convex base, slightly flaring sides, natural/green
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th-early 20th Century
Artist
Phoebe Pocknett
Culture
- Mashpee
- Algonquian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Massachusetts
/
Barnstable County
Materials
Bark
Dimensions
Overall: 13 x 35 x 33.2 cm (5 1/8 x 13 3/4 x 13 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
63616
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Lombard C. Jones, 1904
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Lombard C. Jones
(?)
Donor
Dr. Lombard C. Jones
(1904)
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