Basket

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Date created: 1965

Culture/People: Mississippi Choctaw
Artist/Maker: Beauty Denson, Mississippi Choctaw, 1912-1996
IACB source: Choctaw Craft Association (Choctaw Craft Association)
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 Choctaw Craft Association (Philadelphia, Mississippi) in 1965; 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: Standing Pine Community, Choctaw Reservation; Leake County; Mississippi; USA

See related items: Mississippi Choctaw; Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 26/1913
Barcode: 261913.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Basket
Media/Materials: Cane (Swamp cane/River cane), dye/dyes
Techniques: Twill-plaited, double-woven, dyed
Dimensions: 16.2 x 25.6 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws69803645c-e63f-4b51-9179-255c8cb3fc01

Record ID: NMAI_278020