Berry Bag Or Wallet Or Basket Item Number: E222033-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
Note re provenience: Emmons in accession file identifies baskets E222033-0 and E222034-0 as berry baskets collected (probably purchased?) in Victoria, B.C.. Catalogue card for E222033-0 attributes to Southeast Alaska. In a letter of July 16, 1903 from Sitka, Alaska filed in accession file 41512, Emmons mentions two baskets that may be E222033-0 and E222034-0. He mentions that he is sending two very old Chilkat berry baskets to the Smithsonian.
Item History
- Made in Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada and Alaska, USA
- Collected by Lt. George T. Emmons in Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada and Alaska, USA during 1903
- Received on September 9, 1903
What
- Name
- Berry Bag Or Wallet Or Basket
- Identification Number
- E222033-0
- Type of Item
- basket
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Chilkat
- Field Collector
- Lt. George T. Emmons
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada and Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada and Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1903
- Acquisition Date
- on September 9, 1903
Other
- Accession Number
- 041495