Basket

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Date created: 1940-1970

Culture/People: possibly Choctaw (attributed)
Previous owner: Margaret DeLawter (Margaret Teresa DeLawter), Non-Indian, 1910-2014
Donor: Margaret DeLawter (Margaret Teresa DeLawter), Non-Indian, 1910-2014

Collection History: Formerly in the collection of Margaret DeLawter (1910-2014), who worked as a registered nurse in US Indian Service hospitals in Oklahoma during the 1940s; donated to NMAI by Miss DeLawter in 2002.
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Place: North Carolina; USA

See related items: Choctaw; Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/9088
Barcode: 259088.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Basket
Media/Materials: Cane (Swamp cane/River cane), paint
Techniques: Twill-plaited, twisted, painted
Dimensions: 34.5 x 33 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws678094108-59d1-4b40-8154-00b267ceaae8

Record ID: NMAI_275077