Basket Item Number: E20847-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "UNFINISHED WITH SPOONS, DOLLS & C OF A CHILD."This unfinished basket, identified as Hutsnuwu Tlingit, is Swan original # 68. Ledger book indicates that Catalogue #s E20906, E20907, and E20908 are also original #68. Accession record entry indicates the basket # E20847 contained these toy spoons, dolls, and dish (E20906 - 8), therefore all these objects are being stored together.
Item History
- Made in Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA during 1875
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- E20847-0
- Type of Item
- basket
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Hutsnuwu
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1875
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 004730