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Culture/People
Chitimacha
Collector
Jennie O'Kelly Mitchell (Mrs. Charles Monroe Mitchell), Non-Indian, 1882-1964
Donor
Jennie O'Kelly Mitchell (Mrs. Charles Monroe Mitchell), Non-Indian, 1882-1964
Object Name
Basket
Media/Materials
Cane (Swamp cane/River cane)
Techniques
Plaited, twill-plaited
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
Place
Charenton; Saint Mary Parish; Louisiana; USA
Collection History
Collected by Jennie O'Kelly Mitchell (Mrs. Charles Monroe Mitchell, 1882-1964, of Monroe, Louisiana) at an unknown date; donated to MAI by Mrs. Mitchell in 1939.