Basket with cover
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown, but said to have been collected circa 1870; formerly in the collection of Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin (1877-1952, a noted collector of books and Indian arts and founder of Northwest Airlines); purchased by George Heye from L.H. Brittin in 1906.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 8656
- Barcode
- 008656.000
- Culture/People
- Klikitat
- Previous owner
- Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin (Louis H. Brittin/L.H. Brittin), Non-Indian, 1877-1952
- Seller
- Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin (Louis H. Brittin/L.H. Brittin), Non-Indian, 1877-1952
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Basket with cover
- Media/Materials
- Conifer root, bear grass, cherry bark
- Techniques
- Coiled, imbricated
- Place
- Klickitat County; Washington; USA
- See related items
- Klikitat
- Containers and Vessels
- Record ID
- NMAI_9310
- Usage
- CC0
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