Basket
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Klikitat (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Axel Rasmussen, Non-Indian, 1886-1945
label: Previous owner
content: Earl L. Stendahl (Earl Leopold Stendahl), Non-Indian, 1888-1966
label: Previous owner
content: Portland Art Museum, 1892-
label: Previous owner
content: Meltzer Gallery
label: Previous seller
content: Meltzer Gallery
label: Previous owner
content: Helen Pep Grodka (Helen Groz Pep/A Tehom Win/Mrs. Frederick B. Grodka), Non-Indian, 1898-1982
label: Donor
content: Sonia Grodka Blumenthal (Sonia Dorothy Grodka), Non-Indian
label: Donor
content: Harry W. Blumenthal, Non-Indian, 1924-2013
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Axel Rasmussen (1886-1945, a collector and superintendent of schools in Wrangell and Sitka, Alaska); purchased from his estate by Earl Stendahl (1888-1966) of the Stendahl Galleries (Hollywood, California) circa 1947; purchased by the Portland Art Museum (Portland, Oregon) from Earl Stendahl in 1948; purchased by the Meltzer Gallery (New York City) in 1959 at a surplus sale held by the Portland Art Museum; purchased by Helen Pep Grodka (1898-1982, an artist and Native American art enthusiast) in 1965 from the Meltzer Gallery; donated to MAI in 1982 by Helen Pep Grodka's daughter and son-in-law, Sonia Grodka Blumenthal and Harry W. Blumenthal (1924-2013).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Washington; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Klikitat
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/1250
label: Barcode
content: 251250.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Basket
label: Media/Materials
content: Conifer root, hide thong/babiche, bear grass
label: Techniques
content: Coiled, imbricated
label: Dimensions
content: 21.6 x 20.3 cm