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Artist:
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Theresa Secord
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Title:
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Glove Box
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Date:
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2013
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Medium:
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Black ash, cedar bark, sweetgrass, blueberry dye
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Dimensions:
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4 x 12 x 6 3/8 in. (10.16 x 30.48 x 16.19 cm)
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Credit Line:
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Bequest of Virginia Doneghy, by exchange
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Location:
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Gallery 260
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Penobscot baskets are known for their fine and elegant weave and their subtle colors. Using berry-dyed black ash, sweetgrass, and split cedar bark, Theresa Secord's carefully created Glove Box is an excellent example of basketry from the northeastern region of the United States.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Secord, Theresa
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Nationality:
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American
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Life Dates:
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American
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Signature, Date and Tag on underside, in greenish-gold: [Theresa Secord 2013] loose tag inside box: certification tag of Art of the Maine Wabanaki with artist's signature in gold
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Classification:
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Basketry (Do Not Use)
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Physical Description:
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rectangular lidded woven box; cover has light tone at center with two rows of purple stripes bordering wide variegated green-brown stripes at each end; box sides have central tan and brown stripe, flanked by variegated green-brown stripes and thin purple stripes; bottom of box has light tone; loose certification tag with artist's signature inside box
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Creation Place:
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North America, United States, Great Lakes/Woodlands region, ,
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Accession #:
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2013.10a,b
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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