Basket
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
- Media/Materials
- Cane (Swamp cane/River cane), dye/dyes
- Techniques
- Dyed, twill-plaited
- Dimensions
- 16 x 10.3 cm
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Place
- Louisiana; USA
- Date created
- 1880-1900
- 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
- 9558
- Barcode
- 009558.000
- See related items
- Chitimacha
- Containers and Vessels
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Woodlands
- 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