Basket
This floral and leaf-stamped basket is characteristic of those created in the Hudson Valley. For Stockbridge people, ash-splint baskets are tangible reminders of uncertainty and survival in our homelands. The people of the Muhheacannituck (Hudson River) were devastated by disease, land theft, and war. As tourists flocked to upper New York, many Native families—including my Stockbridge ancestors—survived financially by selling baskets, brooms, and beadwork. Native souvenir markets thrived by 1820, and stamped baskets were popular through the end of the century.
—Donna Hogerhuis (Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal member, basket maker, and researcher)
—Donna Hogerhuis (Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal member, basket maker, and researcher)
Artwork Details
- Title: Basket
- Date: ca. 1850
- Geography: Object place Connecticut, United States
- Culture: Quinnipiac (?)
- Medium: Brown ash splint, wood, pigment
- Dimensions: H. 8 x W. 17 1/4 x D. 12 1/4 in. (20.3 x 43.8 x 31.1 cm)
- Credit Line: Ralph T. Coe Collection, Gift of Ralph T. Coe Foundation for the Arts, 2011
- Object Number: 2011.154.1
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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