Basket Item Number: E260493-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
Basket has label glued on bottom that says "Joseph Yeltatsi [presumably maker or original owner?], Jackson [i.e. Howkan], Alaska." Identified as Haida style of manufacture by Deborah Ann Head, 6-3-2009. She also notes that Yeltatsi is a Haida last name, and Howkan is a Haida area.
Item History
- Made in Howkan, Long Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in Howkan, Long Island, Alaska, USA
- Received from U.S. Department Of Interior on January 27, 1910
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- E260493-0
- Type of Item
- basket
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit ? or Haida ?
- Received from
- U.S. Department Of Interior
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Howkan, Long Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Howkan, Long Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on January 27, 1910
Other
- Accession Number
- 051115