Object Details
- Culture/People
- Moapa Paiute
- Possible collector
- Helen J. Stewart (Helen Jane Wiser), Non-Indian, 1854-1926
- Previous owner
- Helen J. Stewart (Helen Jane Wiser), Non-Indian, 1854-1926
- Fred Harvey Company (Fred Harvey Indian Department), 1876-1966
- Seller
- Fred Harvey Company (Fred Harvey Indian Department), 1876-1966
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Mrs. Helen J. Stewart (1854-1926, a rancher and important figure in the early history of Las Vegas, Nevada) and possibly collected by her; purchased by the Fred Harvey Company (Indian arts dealers in the Southwest) at an auction of Mrs. Stewart’s collection in 1927; purchased by MAI from the Fred Harvey Company in 1929.
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- Catalog Number
- 16/4048
- Barcode
- 164048.000
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Basket bowl
- Media/Materials
- Willow, devil's claw/martynia
- Techniques
- Coiled
- Place
- Nevada; USA
- See related items
- Moapa Paiute
- Containers and Vessels
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_175839
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws680abb3dd-7fe4-4f62-82da-9cc7dfa0afe5
