Basket Gauge
Name/Title
Basket GaugeEntry/Object ID
L2024.3.149Description
Wooden hand-tool with carved shoulders and teeth.Use
Stripping ash splints to a specific sizeContext
This white pine basket gauge is from a Troy, Vermont family of Indian basket makers, almost certainly Abenaki, although this was not stipulated by the seller. It is almost identical in construction to Odanak and Penobscot gauges in the collection.Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Abenaki Cultural ConservancyMade/Created
Date made
1880 - 1900Place
Town
TroyCounty
Orleans CountyState/Province
VermontCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaEthnography
Culture/Tribe
Abenaki
Native American