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Culture/People: Chitimacha
Previous owner: Governor James E. Boyd (James Edward Boyd), Non-Indian, 1834-1906; Margaret Gannett Elton (Mrs. John Edward Elton), Non-Indian, ca. 1907-1975
Donor: Margaret Gannett Elton (Mrs. John Edward Elton), Non-Indian, ca. 1907-1975

Collection History: Collection history unknown; said to have been collected by James E. Boyd (1834-1906), an Omaha, Nebraska, businessman and governor of Nebraska from 1891 to 1893); acquired by Margaret Gannett Elton (ca. 1907-1975), who may have been a distant relative of Governor Boyd’s, at an unknown date; donated to MAI by Mrs. Elton in 1971.
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Place: Louisiana; USA

See related items: Chitimacha; Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 24/4262
Barcode: 244262.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Basket
Media/Materials: Cane (Swamp cane/River cane)
Techniques: Twill-plaited

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws68f3543dc-2953-4183-835a-d87ee0c00ae4

Record ID: NMAI_259944