Basket

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Culture/People: Chitimacha
Possible collector: Dr. A. Eugene Austin (Alonzo Eugene Austin, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1868-1948
Previous owner: Dr. A. Eugene Austin (Alonzo Eugene Austin, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1868-1948; Sarah H. Austin (Sarah Frances Hall/Mrs. Alonzo Eugene Austin), Non-Indian, 1871-1952
Donor: Dr. A. Eugene Austin (Alonzo Eugene Austin, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1868-1948; Sarah H. Austin (Sarah Frances Hall/Mrs. Alonzo Eugene Austin), Non-Indian, 1871-1952

Collection History: Possibly collected by Alonzo Eugene Austin (1868-1948, a New York City doctor of homeopathy who spent his boyhood in Alaska as the son of Presbyterian missionary parents); donated to MAI by Dr. Austin and his wife Sarah Hall Austin (1871-1952) in 1930.
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Place: Louisiana; USA

See related items: Chitimacha; Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 16/8463
Barcode: 168463.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Basket
Media/Materials: Cane (Swamp cane/River cane)
Techniques: Twill-plaited

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b87af0e1-d89f-4fe4-91c0-fd21eb3347a9

Record ID: NMAI_180619