Culture/People

Choctaw

Previous owner

Mary Lewis, Choctaw

Collector

Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971

Object Name

Burden basket with burden strap/tumpline

Media/Materials

Cane (Swamp cane/River cane), hide

Techniques

Twill-plaited

Object Type

Containers and Vessels

Native Term

ke she

Place

Near Wortham; Saint Tammany Parish; Louisiana; USA

Collection History

Collected from Mary Lewis (Choctaw) in 1908 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.

Catalog Number

1/8442

Barcode

018442.000

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Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

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