Basket with cover

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Date created: 1969

Culture/People: Mohawk [Akwesasne]
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB agent: Nancy Engle, Non-Indian
IACB source: Lazore's Basket Shop

Collection History: Purchased by Nancy Engle (Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York) from Lazore's Basket Shop (Hogansburg, New York) on behalf of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board in 1969; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Place: Hogansburg, Akwesasne Reservation (Saint Regis Reservation); Franklin County; New York; USA

See related items: Mohawk [Akwesasne]; Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/6067
Barcode: 256067.000

Object Type: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Object Name: Basket with cover
Media/Materials: Black ash/brown ash splints, sweetgrass, synthetic dye/dyes
Techniques: Wicker-plaited, braided, dyed
Dimensions: 12.2 x 26.5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws64b83f86a-fe28-4d07-9fdb-57752100a773

Record ID: NMAI_271939