Pincushion

Museum number:
2-61994
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020061994
Alternate number:
1J (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3437
Description:
Basketry chair. Made of ash checker plait, natural and red; layered with sweetgrass braid; brown velvet cushion. Written in ink on underside "Passamaquoddy", "Maine,1971", and the number "SS6A".
Donor:
Susan MacCulloch Stevens and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Passamaquoddy Indian Township Reservation, Washington County, Maine
Verbatim coll. place:
Maine; Indian Township Reservation
Culture or time period:
Passamaquoddy
Maker or artist:
Lillian Stevens [Passamaquoddy]
Collector:
Susan MacCulloch Stevens
Collection date:
1978
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Chairs (furniture forms), Pincushions, and Plaited weaving
Context of use:
Pincushion.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 8.7 centimeters and diameter 7.4 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: DDT and alcohol. References: "The Explorer" vol 17, no. 3, Fall 1975, pp 4-12, Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Loans:
S2008-2009 #9a: SFO Museum (February 11, 2009–January 11, 2010)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Pincushion, accession number 2-61994, described as Basketry chair. Made of ash checker plait, natural and red; layered with sweetgrass braid; brown velvet cushion. Written in ink on underside "Passamaquoddy", "Maine,1971", and the number "SS6A".Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Pincushion, accession number 2-61994, described as Basketry chair. Made of ash checker plait, natural and red; layered with sweetgrass braid; brown velvet cushion. Written in ink on underside "Passamaquoddy", "Maine,1971", and the number "SS6A".Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Pincushion, accession number 2-61994, described as Basketry chair. Made of ash checker plait, natural and red; layered with sweetgrass braid; brown velvet cushion. Written in ink on underside "Passamaquoddy", "Maine,1971", and the number "SS6A".Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Pincushion, accession number 2-61994, described as Basketry chair. Made of ash checker plait, natural and red; layered with sweetgrass braid; brown velvet cushion. Written in ink on underside "Passamaquoddy", "Maine,1971", and the number "SS6A".Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Pincushion, accession number 2-61994, described as Basketry chair. Made of ash checker plait, natural and red; layered with sweetgrass braid; brown velvet cushion. Written in ink on underside "Passamaquoddy", "Maine,1971", and the number "SS6A".Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Pincushion, accession number 2-61994, described as Basketry chair. Made of ash checker plait, natural and red; layered with sweetgrass braid; brown velvet cushion. Written in ink on underside "Passamaquoddy", "Maine,1971", and the number "SS6A".Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Pincushion, accession number 2-61994, described as Basketry chair. Made of ash checker plait, natural and red; layered with sweetgrass braid; brown velvet cushion. Written in ink on underside "Passamaquoddy", "Maine,1971", and the number "SS6A".
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pincushion, accession number 2-61994, described as Basketry chair. Made of ash checker plait, natural and red; layered with sweetgrass braid; brown velvet cushion. Written in ink on underside "Passamaquoddy", "Maine,1971", and the number "SS6A".

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