Basket
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- Eastern Band of Cherokee
- Previous owner
- Charles Townsend Baisley, Non-Indian, 1872-1954
- Janet Johnson Baisley (Mrs. Charles Townsend Baisley), Non-Indian, ca. 1875-1957
- Seller
- Charles Townsend Baisley, Non-Indian, 1872-1954
- Janet Johnson Baisley (Mrs. Charles Townsend Baisley), Non-Indian, ca. 1875-1957
- Auction venue
- American Art Association-Anderson Galleries, Inc., 1929-
- Object Name
- Basket
- Media/Materials
- Cane (Swamp cane/River cane)
- Techniques
- Plaited, twill-plaited
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Place
- North Carolina; USA (inferred)
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Charles Townsend Baisley (1872-1954) and his wife Janet Johnson Baisley (1875-1957); purchased by MAI at an auction of the Baisleys' collection held by the American Art Association-Anderson Galleries, Inc. (New York City) in 1937.
- Catalog Number
- 19/6045
- Barcode
- 196045.000
- See related items
- Eastern Band of Cherokee
- 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