Basket bowl

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Date created: 1963

Culture/People: Comcaac (Seri)
Collector: Richard Felger, Non-Indian
Previous owner: Ralph C. Altman, Non-Indian, 1909-1967

Collection History: Collected by botanist Richard Felger in 1963; acquired by MAI in 1963 through an exchange with Ralph C. Altman (1909-1967, a primitive art dealer and later director of the Fowler Museum at the University of California at Los Angeles).
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Place: El Desemboque; Pitiquito Municipality; Sonora State; Mexico

See related items: Comcaac (Seri); Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 23/3491
Barcode: 233491.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Basket bowl
Media/Materials: Torote/Jatropha fiber
Techniques: Coiled

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws66336c428-9b78-4c59-8342-651cd9c94bb8

Record ID: NMAI_248797