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Acorn tatting basket

1900–1920
Object PlaceMaine
Medium/TechniqueBrown ash and sweetgrass
DimensionsOverall: 27.9 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm (11 x 6 x 6 in.)
Credit LineHilsinger Janson Fund for Native American Art
Accession number2014.1765
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsBasketry
Collections
Provenance1980, purchased in Ellsworth, ME by Laurence and Deborah Onie, Brookline, MA; 2014, sold by Laurence and Deborah Onie to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 29, 2014)
Sarah Maria Arnold Cisco
1845
1940–1950
1930–1940
Madeline Shay
1920–1940
Lidded storage basket
late 18th century
Restricted: For reference only
JoAnne Russo
1999
JoAnne Russo
2007
After 1851-1854