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Culture/People
Chitimacha
Possible owner
Ida Casey Dyer (Mrs. Daniel Burns Dyer), Non-Indian, 1864-1921
Possible seller
Ida Casey Dyer (Mrs. Daniel Burns Dyer), Non-Indian, 1864-1921
Previous owner
Washington University
Seller
Washington University
Object Name
Basket tray
Media/Materials
Cane (Swamp cane/River cane)
Techniques
Twill-plaited
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
Place
Louisiana; USA
Collection History
Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Ida Casey Dyer (Mrs. Daniel Burns Dyer, 1864-1921), whose Indian art collection was purchased by the St. Louis Museum (associated with Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri) from Ida Dyer after 1905; purchased by MAI from Washington University in 1960.