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- Date created
- 1990-2000
- Culture/People
- Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)
- Artist/Maker
- Alvina Foss, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)
- Donor
- Irene Hirano Inouye (Mrs. Daniel K. Inouye), Non-Indian, 1948-2020
- Previous owner
- Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Non-Indian, 1924-2012
- Previous seller
- Winnebago Indian Museum
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Senator Daniel K. Inouye (1924-2012, D-Hawaii) and probably received as a gift in recognition of his service to American Indians as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (1987-1995 and 2001-2003); donated to NMAI by Senator Inouye's widow Irene Hirano Inouye (1948-2020) in 2013.
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- Place
- Wisconsin Dells, Ho-Chunk Reservation; Columbia County; Wisconsin; USA
- See related items
- Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)
- Containers and Vessels
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 26/9107
- Barcode
- 269107.000
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Basket
- Media/Materials
- Black ash/brown ash splints, wood, synthetic dye/dyes
- Techniques
- Dyed, wicker-plaited, fancy plaited weave
- Dimensions
- 44.0 x 28.8 x 33.0 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_408010