Basket with basketmaking materials

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Date created: circa 1975

Culture/People: Nunivagmiut Cu'pig (Cup'ik) [Nunivak Island]
Artist/Maker: Hilma K. Shavings (Mrs. Henry Shavings), Cu'pig (Cup'ik) [Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island], b. 1938
Collector: Bernhard U. Krummel, Non-Indian, 1911-1990; Florence C. Krummel (Florence Choiniere Krummel), Non-Indian, 1911-2003
Previous owner: Bernhard U. Krummel, Non-Indian, 1911-1990; Florence C. Krummel (Florence Choiniere Krummel), Non-Indian, 1911-2003
Donor: Maradel Krummel Gale, Non-Indian

Collection History: Collected by Florence C. Krummel (1911-2003, a retired high school teacher) and Bernhard U. Krummel (1911-1990) in 1979 when they lived in the Anchorage, Alaska, area; donated to NMAI by their daughter Maradel Krummel Gale in 2003.
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Place: Mekoryuk; Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Archipelago: Bering Sea Islands
Island Name: Nunivak Island

See related items: Nunivagmiut Cu'pig (Cup'ik) [Nunivak Island]; Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 26/2559
Barcode: 262559.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Basket with basketmaking materials
Media/Materials: Beach grass/Rye grass, synthetic dye/dyes
Techniques: Dyed, twined, braided
Dimensions: 46.8 x 22 x 29.5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6feff5ab2-4224-4429-a0f8-33e5302302f9

Record ID: NMAI_278671