Basket

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Date created: circa 1910

Culture/People: Wailaki
Previous owner: Earl G. Johnson (E. G. Johnson), Non-Indian, 1880-1945
Seller: Earl G. Johnson (E. G. Johnson), Non-Indian, 1880-1945
MAI agent: George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
Presenter/funding source: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935

Collection History: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Earl G. Johnson (1880-1945, who owned an Indian basket store in Eureka, California); purchased by George Heye from Earl Johnson in 1922 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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Place: Table Bluff, Eel River; Table Bluff Rancheria; Humboldt County; California; USA

See related items: Wailaki; Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 11/3552
Barcode: 113552.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Basket
Media/Materials: Hazel, bear grass, maidenhair fern stem
Techniques: Twined, half-twist overlay

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6021d8a83-251f-4c81-ac7f-e0e1085958bb

Record ID: NMAI_122387