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Culture/People
Chitimacha
Possible collector
Reverend Walter Clark Roe, Non-Indian, 1859-1913
Mary Wickham Roe (Mrs. Walter Clark Roe), Non-Indian, 1863-1941
Elizabeth Merwin Roe Page (Mrs. Alfred R. Page), Non-Indian, 1861-1943
Previous owner
Elizabeth Merwin Roe Page (Mrs. Alfred R. Page), Non-Indian, 1861-1943
Marjorie Page Schauffler (Mrs. Bennet Fellows Schauffler), Non-Indian, 1897-1983
Donor
Marjorie Page Schauffler (Mrs. Bennet Fellows Schauffler), Non-Indian, 1897-1983
Object Name
Basket
Media/Materials
Cane (Swamp cane/River cane), dye/dyes
Techniques
Dyed, plaited, twill-plaited
Dimensions
19.5 x 18.5 x 9 cm
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
Place
Louisiana; USA
Date created
1910-1930
Collection History
Formerly in the collection of the Page and Schauffler families and possibly collected by Reverend Walter Clark Roe (1859-1913 ) or his wife Mary Wickham Roe (1863-1941), who served as missionaries in Colony, Oklahoma, between 1897 and 1913, or by Mrs. Roe's sister, Elizabeth Merwin Roe Page (Mrs. Alfred R. Page, 1861-1943), during visits to Indian reservations as part of her duties as Field Secretary for the Women's Board of Domestic Missions of the Reformed Church in America (1903 to 1913); inherited by Mrs. Page's daughter, Marjorie Page Schauffler (Mrs. Bennet Fellows Schauffler, 1897-1983); donated to MAI by Mrs. Schauffler in 1981.
Catalog Number
25/811
Barcode
250811.000
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
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