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Basket (without handle)

1850-1900
Object PlaceSabbathday Lake, Maine, United States
Medium/TechniqueWood splints, bentwood rim and handles
DimensionsOverall: 36.8 x 49.5 x 48.3 cm (14 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 19 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Knight - Collection of Ralph E. and Myra T. Tibbetts
Accession number67.42
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsBasketry
Collections
ProvenancePart of a collection of Shaker materials begun by Ralph E. and Myra T. Tibbetts; the Tibbets collection was inherited by their daughter and augmented by Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Knight, Marblehead, Massachusetts; 1967, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Knight to the MFA (Accession date: January 11, 1967); December 19, 2013, deaccessioned by the MFA, ownership transferred to the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Museum, Sabbathday Lake, Maine.
19th century
about 1750–1800
before 1916
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
Late 5th–Early 4th millennium B.C
13th–14th century
late 3rd century
about 1930