Culture/People

probably Yuit (Siberian Yup'ik) (attributed)

Previous owner

Fred Harvey Company (Fred Harvey Indian Department), 1876-1966

Seller

Fred Harvey Company (Fred Harvey Indian Department), 1876-1966

Presenter/funding source

James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928

Object Name

Basket

Media/Materials

Beach grass/Rye grass

Techniques

Twined, coiled

Object Type

Containers and Vessels

Place

Alaska; USA

Collection History

Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from the Fred Harvey Company (Indian arts dealers in the Southwest) in 1917 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).

Catalog Number

6/2420

Barcode

062420.000

See related items

Yuit (Siberian Yup'ik)

Containers and Vessels

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

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