Native American acorn-like sweet-grass basket

Catalogue #:
2013.294.1902
Title:
Native American acorn-like sweet-grass basket
Description:
Basket and lid, extremely small, acorn-shaped, flat bottom, made of sweet grass and flat elements. (This basket was inside basket 2013.294.1901 in 2013.) This miniature is one of several basketry items collected by Mary E. Shaw (Mrs. Norman Shaw) ca. 1980-2000, who ran the Dancing Deer gift shop in Bar Harbor. She eventually sold them to Wini Smart's daughter, Gail Cleveland, (per Mrs. Shaw visit to GCIHS 9/25/14).
Materials:
Plants
Size:
0.75" diam x 1" H

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“Native American acorn-like sweet-grass basket,” Great Cranberry Island Historical Society, accessed February 6, 2025, https://gcihs.digitalarchive.us/items/show/1915.Catalogue # 2013.294.1902

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