Basket with cover in the form of a turtle
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Coushatta (Koasati)
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from an unknown source at an unknown date; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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- Date created
- 1960-1970
- Catalog Number
- 25/5877
- Barcode
- 255877.000
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- Object Name
- Basket with cover in the form of a turtle
- Media/Materials
- Pine Needles (Long-leaf pine), raffia
- Techniques
- Coiled, wrapped, stitched
- Dimensions
- 12.3 x 9 x 7 cm
- Place
- Texas; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Coushatta (Koasati)
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_271743
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62939571b-980e-40a7-b8e1-6f26dd56bd1f
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