Basket

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Date created: 1900-1920

Culture/People: Abenaki (Abnaki)
Previous owner: Constance Lindsay Skinner, Non-Indian, 1877-1939
Donor: Annie Laurie Williams (Annie L. Williams/Mrs. Maurice Crain), Non-Indian, 1895-1977
Honoree: Constance Lindsay Skinner, Non-Indian, 1877-1939

Collection History: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Constance Lindsay Skinner (1877-1939, an author and historian of the fur trade); donated to MAI by New York City literary agent Annie Laurie Williams (1895-1977, a friend of Miss Skinner's) in 1940 in memory of Constance Lindsay Skinner.
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Place: Québec; Canada (inferred)

See related items: Abenaki (Abnaki); Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 20/3363
Barcode: 203363.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Basket
Media/Materials: Sweetgrass, woodsplints
Techniques: Wicker-plaited
Dimensions: 19 x 13 x 14 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws65f3d99c3-b7b9-4b38-862d-31fe0904aacb

Record ID: NMAI_217193