Open Basket Item Number: E395520-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Round baskets, tapering slightly inward toward flat base of plain plaited weave in flat cedar-bark strips, while sides are in wrapped twining on very thin strips. One [E395520-0] has design in purple of whales and men in boat, while other [E395520-1] is just green and red horizontal bands. One slightly damaged."
Item History
- Made in Cape Flattery, Washington, USA
- Collected by Rev. John M. Cooper in Cape Flattery, Washington, USA
- Received from Catholic University Of America on July 6, 1956
What
- Name
- Open Basket
- Identification Number
- E395520-0
- Type of Item
- basket
Who
- Culture
- Makah
- Field Collector
- Rev. John M. Cooper
- Received from
- Catholic University Of America
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Cape Flattery, Washington, USA
- Collected in
- Cape Flattery, Washington, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on July 6, 1956
Other
- Accession Number
- 211312