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Plaited basket with stamped design / Native American; Mohegan-Pequot

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Mohegan Reservation-Pequot Indians. Woven splint oak utility basket. Black stamp design on four bands of brown and yellow. The stamp design is laundry bluing dye (ca. 1820-1840).

Additional Note: Might be Natick from near Wooster/Canton, MA.

Northeastern tribes typically stitched birchbark or plaited woodsplint to make their baskets. Because of frequent trading and interaction, the styles of basketry in the region are blended together, which makes identifying the tribe of the maker of a basket difficult. The decorations, including paint, special weaves, etchings, and added sweetgrass or porcupine quills, on the baskets, however, offer some hints to the provenience (Turnbaugh and Turnbaugh 1986,112-115).

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Title(s): 
Plaited basket with stamped design
Culture: 
Native American; Mohegan-Pequot
Date: 
circa 1820 - 1840
Period: 
Historic
Place: 
Northeast, Connecticut, United States of America
Materials/Techniques: 
oak, dye
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
71.510
Previous Number(s): 
7127.510
Department: 
Not On View

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