Basket bowl

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Date created: 1929-1931

Culture/People: Pomo
Artist/Maker: Begun by Mary Knight Benson (Mrs. William Benson), Pomo, 1878-1930 and finished by William Benson (William Ralganal Benson), Pomo, 1862-1937
Commissioner: Grace Nicholson, Non-Indian, 1877-1948
Previous owner: Grace Nicholson, Non-Indian, 1877-1948; Thyra Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1903-1972
Seller: Thyra Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1903-1972

Collection History: Commissioned from the artist Mary Knight Benson by Grace Nicholson (1877-1948, a California basket collector and dealer); inherited by Grace Nicholson's assistant Thyra Maxwell (1903-1972); purchased by MAI from Thyra Maxwell in 1968.
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Place: Central California; California; USA (inferred)

See related items: Pomo; Containers and Vessels
On View: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, California & Great Basin

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 24/2118
Barcode: 242118.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Basket bowl
Media/Materials: Sedge, willow, bulrush
Techniques: Coiled
Dimensions: 58.5 x 34 x 10 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws695e8e59b-6270-4344-bbdb-d1716e6b3024

Record ID: NMAI_257821