DepartmentUnited States & Canada
Birchbark container
NameContainer
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
CulturePenobscot possibly
Dateca. 1900
Place madeMaine, United States, North America
MediumWood, birch. birchbark, spruce root.
Dimensions7 3/4 × 9 1/2 × 9 in. (19.685 × 24.13 × 22.86 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Cotsen Foundation for the Art of Teaching, on behalf of Lloyd and Margit Cotsen
Object numberA.2021.11.3
ProvenanceCotsen Foundation for the Art of Teaching, by transfer, c. 2001
Private Collection of Lloyd E. Cotsen, by purchase from Neutrogena Corporation, September 1994
Neutrogena Corporation, by purchase from Sotheby's Fine American Indian Art sale, December 4, 1993, Lot No. 0348
Private Collection
DescriptionBirch Bark Container with amorphic figures etched into the surface. Etchings cover entire outside and base of container.
