Elaborate basketry "what-not" (hanging shelf)

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Object Number 94-38-10/52510

Display Title Elaborate basketry "what-not" (hanging shelf)

Descriptions

Object Description Elaborate basketry "what-not" (hanging shelf), constructed from stained wood fiber with many basketry ornaments. Made by Agathe Athanasa of Riviere de Loup, Quebec, Canada. Exhibited at World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893.

Inventory Description Basket, flat panel backing, 3-dimensional, miniature fiber baskets, flowers atta

Classification

Basket

Department Ethnographic

Date 1867-1894

Artist Agathe Athanasa

Culture

Innu?
Maliseet?

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / Canada / Quebec

Materials Fiber, Pigment

Dimensions 103 cm (L), 43 cm (W), 12 cm (H)

Quantity 1

Provenance

Collector Pere Charles Arnaud (1892)

Intermediary Archibald R. Tisdale

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	2004.24.30610	elaborate basketry		Quebec
	2004.24.28244A	Elaborate Basketry		Quebec
Image Not Available for Photograph	2004.24.28244	Photograph		Riviere du Loup
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	46-78-70/2326	Large bow of dark wood with elaborate weaving and carving on upper end+	Bow	Philippines
	08-36-70/74184.4	House ornaments fastened in row on shelf in chief's house, no religious signific	Figurine	Eastern Lepanto Northern Nueva Vizcaya
	08-36-70/74184.3	House ornaments fastened in row on shelf in chief's house, no religious signific	Figurine	Northern Nueva Vizcaya Eastern Lepanto
	08-36-70/74184.1	House ornaments fastened in row on shelf in chief's house, no religious signific	Figurine	Northern Nueva Vizcaya Eastern Lepanto
	08-36-70/74184.2	House ornaments fastened in row on shelf in chief's house, no religious signific	Figurine	Eastern Lepanto Northern Nueva Vizcaya

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