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Wigwemat (Lidded Basket)
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Wigwemat (Lidded Basket)

Place CreatedQuebec, Canada, North America
CultureAlgonquin
Dateearly 20th Century
MediumBirch bark
Credit LineGift of Peggy F. Barlett
DimensionsA (Lid): 2 × 5 1/4 × 5 in. (5.1 × 13.3 × 12.7 cm) B (Basket): 4 3/4 × 6 1/8 × 4 1/4 in. (12.1 × 15.6 × 10.8 cm)
Object number2020.001.001A/B
ProvenanceEx coll. Frank G. Speck (1881-1950), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ex coll. William A. Beardslee (1916-2001), Atlanta, Georgia, received as a gift from Speck, 1937. Ex coll. Peggy Barlett, United States, received as a gift from Beardslee.
MarkingsAlgonquin Indians of River Desert, Prov. Que., Canada. Container for personal effects, native name wigwemat. 1937. Gift of F.G. Speck to Wm. A Beardslee (ahem!)
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas