Basket with cover

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Date created: 1987

Culture/People: Yup'ik (Yupik)
Artist/Maker: Martina Lawrence, Yup'ik (Yupik)
IACB source: Sheldon Jackson Museum Shop
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-

Collection History: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Sheldon Jackson Museum Shop (Sitka, Alaska) in 1987; 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: Toksook Bay; Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Archipelago: Bering Sea Islands
Island Name: Nelson Island

See related items: Yup'ik (Yupik); Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/6074
Barcode: 256074.000

Object Type: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Object Name: Basket with cover
Media/Materials: Beach grass/Rye grass, platinum grass
Techniques: Coiled, dyed
Dimensions: 25.9 x 21 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62163c9bb-093e-4f5d-a1f1-b3bde4eab1d0

Record ID: NMAI_271946