Basket
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: Unangax̂ (Aleut)
label: Collector
content: Robert Biggar Bell, Non-Indian, 1861-1930
label: Previous owner
content: Robert Biggar Bell, Non-Indian, 1861-1930
label: Previous owner
content: Retta J. Brueger (Retta J. Bell), Non-Indian, 1893-1987
label: Previous owner
content: Margaret E. Bell (Margaret B. Wiks/Mrs. Sam Wiks), Non-Indian, 1898-1990
label: Donor
content: Retta J. Brueger (Retta J. Bell), Non-Indian, 1893-1987
label: Donor
content: Margaret E. Bell (Margaret B. Wiks/Mrs. Sam Wiks), Non-Indian, 1898-1990
label: Honoree
content: Robert Biggar Bell, Non-Indian, 1861-1930
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1905, probably by Robert Biggar Bell (1861-1930), who worked as a fisherman and cannery supervisor at Ketchikan, Alaska, from 1887 to at least 1910; donated to MAI in 1953 by his daughters, novelist Margaret E. Bell (Margaret Wiks, 1898-1990) and Retta J. Brueger (1893-1987), in memory of Robert Biggar Bell.
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: Aleutian Islands; Aleut Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
label: Archipelago
content: Aleutian Islands
setName: label: See related items
content: Unangax̂ (Aleut)
label: See related items
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
label: On View
content: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Arctic & Subarctic
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 22/1717
label: Barcode
content: 221717.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Basket
label: Media/Materials
content: Beach grass/Rye grass, silk embroidery floss, wood
label: Techniques
content: Twined, false-embroidered, wrapped
label: Dimensions
content: 25 x 17 x 20 cm