Basket with cover
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- Chitimacha
- Previous owner
- Joseph Keppler, Jr. (Udo J. Keppler/Gyantwaka), Non-Indian, 1872-1956
- Seller
- Joseph Keppler, Jr. (Udo J. Keppler/Gyantwaka), Non-Indian, 1872-1956
- Object Name
- Basket with cover
- Media/Materials
- Cane (Swamp cane/River cane)
- Techniques
- Twill-plaited, double-woven
- Dimensions
- 16.8 x 16.8 x 18 cm
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Place
- Louisiana; USA
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Joseph Keppler, Jr. (1872-1956, a long-time friend of George Heye); purchased by George Heye from Joseph Keppler in 1906.
- Catalog Number
- 9557
- Barcode
- 009557.000
- See related items
- Chitimacha
- Containers and Vessels
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement