Burden basket/Pack basket
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- probably Gitlakdamix Nisga'a (attributed)
- Collector
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Previous owner
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Seller
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Object Name
- Burden basket/Pack basket
- Media/Materials
- Maple bark, hide thong/babiche, cotton cord/cordage
- Techniques
- Plaited, twill-plaited, stitched
- Dimensions
- 46.5 x 33 cm
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Place
- Nass River; Kitladamax (Kitlakdamik, Kit-lagh-damoks, Gitlarhdamks, Menesk); Kitimat-Stikine Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
- Date created
- 1870-1900
- Collection History
- Collected by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye from George T. Emmons in 1907.
- Catalog Number
- 1/4280
- Barcode
- 014280.000
- See related items
- Gitlakdamix Nisga'a
- Containers and Vessels
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
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