Burden basket

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Culture/People: Apache
Previous owner: Robert Hayden, Non-Indian; George Terasaki, Non-Indian; Helen Pep Grodka (Helen Groz Pep/A Tehom Win/Mrs. Frederick B. Grodka), Non-Indian, 1898-1982
Donor: Sonia Grodka Blumenthal (Sonia Dorothy Grodka), Non-Indian; Harry W. Blumenthal, Non-Indian, 1924-2013

Collection History: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Robert Hayden (New York and Sayre, Pennsylvania); acquired by George Terasaki (a New York art dealer) at an unknown date; purchased from him by Helen Pep Grodka (1898-1982, an artist and Native American art enthusiast) in 1963; donated to MAI in 1982 by Helen Pep Grodka's daughter and son-in-law, Sonia Grodka Blumenthal and Harry W. Blumenthal (1924-2013).
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Place: Southwest; USA (inferred)

See related items: Apache; Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/1313
Barcode: 251313.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Burden basket
Media/Materials: Vegetal Fiber, metal cones, hide thong/babiche
Techniques: Twined
Dimensions: 16.5 x 18.4 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a59c7d5f-9074-4dee-a0d9-7525a6682318

Record ID: NMAI_267220