Basket Item Number: 1-307 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
S'abadeb-Seattle Art Museum Jennie Kanim (1878-1952), the wife of Chief Jerry Kanim of the Snoqualmie Tribe, was an accomplished maker of coiled cedar baskets. Chief Kanim was a traditionalist who created artworks for sale to pay for legal fees to secure compensation for land claims.
Item History
- Made by Mrs. Jennie Hearn Kanim
- Received from Mrs. Evelyn Ennick Mrs. Jennie Hearn Kanim
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- 1-307
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, grass, cedar bark and buckskin
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled, imbricated and beaded
- Overall
- length 14.7 in, height 12.0 in, width 10.5 in
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish: Snoqualmie
- Creator
- Mrs. Jennie Hearn Kanim
- Received from
- Mrs. Evelyn Ennick Mrs. Jennie Hearn Kanim
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Purchase from Evelyn Ennick and Jennie Hearn Kanim
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection