Basket bowl

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Date created: circa 1905

Culture/People: Pomo
Artist/Maker: Mary Knight Benson (Mrs. William Benson), Pomo, 1878-1930
Collector: 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: Collected between 1900 and 1930 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

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 24/2125
Barcode: 242125.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Basket bowl
Media/Materials: Sedge, redbud, willow
Techniques: Twined
Dimensions: 18 x 12 x 18.1 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6fe1692bc-37e6-47b1-978f-17a7eb6a64de

Record ID: NMAI_257828