Telescoping basket/slipcase

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Date created: 1880-1900

Culture/People: Unangax̂ (Aleut)

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1951.
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Place: Aleutian Islands; Aleut Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Archipelago: Aleutian Islands

See related items: Unangax̂ (Aleut); Containers and Vessels
On View: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Arctic & Subarctic

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 21/8411
Barcode: 218411.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Telescoping basket/slipcase
Media/Materials: Beach grass/Rye grass, silk embroidery floss
Techniques: Twined, false-embroidered
Dimensions: 12.5 x 7 x 1 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62e2fe5bf-3881-4a0b-a077-634373c8df66

Record ID: NMAI_233049