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Birch bark wastebasket scraped or etched with design of stylized ferns, feather, trees, circles, hunter with feathered headdress and bow and arrow, and moose or elk. Attributed to Tomah Joseph by donor but may be the work of fellow Passamaquoddy birch bark artist John Snow based on similar examples at the Abbe Museum and Maine State Museum.
wastebaskets
birch (wood)
Native American
cultural tourism
Wastebasket
Possibly Snow, John (Maker)
Attributed to Tomah, Joseph (Maker)
Washington, Maine, New England
Bequest of Susan Norton
1990.159.2
Grand Lake Stream (Washington county, Maine)
Title Firewood Holder Accession Number 1990.159.1
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