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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
- Maliseet?
- Innu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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Canada
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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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