Burden basket with burden strap/tumpline
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin)
- Previous owner
- Edward M. Bratter, Non-Indian, 1905-1957
- Donor
- Edward M. Bratter, Non-Indian, 1905-1957
- Object Name
- Burden basket with burden strap/tumpline
- Media/Materials
- Cedar root/roots, grass, cherry bark, hide thong/babiche
- Techniques
- Coiled, imbricated
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Place
- Washington; USA
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Edward M. Bratter (1905-1957, a New York City attorney); donated to MAI by Edward M. Bratter in 1957.
- Catalog Number
- 22/5167
- Barcode
- 225167.000
- See related items
- Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin)
- Containers and Vessels
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
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