Miniature basket
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Mrs. Thea (George) Heye (1888-1935); given by Thea Heye to Joseph Keppler, Jr. (1872-1956, a long-time friend of George Heye) at an unknown date; donated to MAI by Joseph Keppler's widow, Vera Miller Keppler (1895-1971), in 1968.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 1910-1930
- Catalog Number
- 24/6000
- Barcode
- 246000.000
- Culture/People
- Pomo
- Artist/Maker
- attributed to Mary Knight Benson (Mrs. William Benson), Pomo, 1878-1930
- Previous owner
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Joseph Keppler, Jr. (Udo J. Keppler/Gyantwaka), Non-Indian, 1872-1956
- Vera M. Keppler (Vera Miller Garrett/Mrs. Joseph Keppler), Non-Indian, 1895-1971
- Donor
- Vera M. Keppler (Vera Miller Garrett/Mrs. Joseph Keppler), Non-Indian, 1895-1971
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- Object Name
- Miniature basket
- Media/Materials
- Sedge root, bulrush root
- Techniques
- Coiled
- Dimensions
- 0.9 x 0.4 cm
- Place
- Central California; California; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Pomo
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- Record ID
- NMAI_261886
