Basket
date: label: Date created
content: 1815-1825
name: label: Culture/People
content: Washoe (Washo)
label: Previous owner
content: Mella (unknown surname), Washoe (Washo)
label: Previous owner
content: Abe Cohn (Abram Cohn), Non-Indian, 1859-1934
label: Previous owner
content: Cohn’s Emporium (Emporium Collection of Amerind Art)
label: Seller
content: Abe Cohn (Abram Cohn), Non-Indian, 1859-1934
label: Seller
content: Cohn’s Emporium (Emporium Collection of Amerind Art)
label: MAI agent
content: Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
label: Expedition
content: Mark Raymond Harrington Nevada Expedition (1924-1927)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but said to have been acquired from Mella (Washoe) in 1875; acquired by Cohn’s Emporium (Carson City, Nevada), an Indian arts and basket store operated by Abe Cohn (1859-1934) at an unknown date; purchased by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) from Cohn's Emporium in 1924 during the Mark Raymond Harrington Nevada Expedition.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Gardnerville, Douglas County; Nevada; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Washoe (Washo)
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 13/3924
label: Barcode
content: 133924.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
label: Indigenous Term
content: sing am
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Basket
label: Media/Materials
content: Willow, bracken fern root
label: Techniques
content: Coiled