Object Details
- Culture/People
- Haida
- Possible owner
- Walter C. Waters (Walter Charles Waters), Non-Indian, 1874-1943
- Previous owner
- Axel Rasmussen, Non-Indian, 1886-1945
- Wrangell Institute, 1932-
- Previous seller
- Wrangell Institute, 1932-
- Previous owner
- Henry D. Barrow (H.D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1909-1987
- Susan Barrow (Mrs. Henry D. Barrow/Mrs. H. D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1907-1988
- Seller
- Susan Barrow (Mrs. Henry D. Barrow/Mrs. H. D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1907-1988
- Henry D. Barrow (H.D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1909-1987
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly owned by "Waters" (probably Walter C. Waters, 1874-1943, owner of the Bear Totem Store in Wrangell, Alaska, and a collector of Native objects); acquired from Waters in 1929 by Axel Rasmussen (1886-1945, a collector and superintendent of schools in Wrangell and Sitka, Alaska) in 1932; lent by Axel Rasmussen to the Wrangell Institute (a Native boarding School in Wrangell, Alaska) at an unknown date and presumably transferred to the Institute's possession with Rasmussen's death in 1945; purchased by Susan D. Barrow (1907-1988, a teacher at the Wrangell Institute) and her husband Henry D. Barrow (1909-1987, a ship captain) from the Wrangell Institute in 1945; purchased by MAI from Mr. and Mrs. Barrow in 1948.
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- Date created
- circa 1900
- Catalog Number
- 21/1696
- Barcode
- 211696.000
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- Object Name
- Berry basket
- Media/Materials
- Spruce root, hide, cordage
- Techniques
- Twined, stitched
- Dimensions
- 14 x 11.5 cm
- Place
- Haida Gwaii(Queen Charlotte Islands); North Coast Regional District (Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District); British Columbia; Canada
- Archipelago
- Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands)
- See related items
- Haida
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- On View
- NMAI, Washington DC: Outside Mitsitam Café, Containers and Utensils
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_226194
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6df604695-da64-428d-b872-3254066fe92e
