Basket Item Number: E260492-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
Basket has original label attached to artifact that says "Maggie Yeltatsi [presumably maker or original owner?], Jackson, Alaska." Jackson is an alternate name for Howkan, Alaska. Deborah Ann Head, 6-3-2009, 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
- E260492-0
- 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