Burden basket with burden strap/tumpline

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Culture/People: Choctaw
Previous owner: Mary Lewis, Choctaw
Collector: Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971

Collection History: Collected from Mary Lewis (Choctaw) in 1908 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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Place: Near Wortham; Saint Tammany Parish; Louisiana; USA

See related items: Choctaw; Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 1/8442
Barcode: 018442.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels
Indigenous Term: ke she

Object Name: Burden basket with burden strap/tumpline
Media/Materials: Cane (Swamp cane/River cane), hide
Techniques: Twill-plaited

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a75b4139-1e35-4dfe-a2bb-24850ebc3c13

Record ID: NMAI_19690