Basket with cover
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1980
name: label: Culture/People
content: Saginaw Chippewa
label: Artist/Maker
content: Eli Thomas (Little Elk), Saginaw Chippewa, 1898-1990
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: Eli Thomas (Little Elk), Saginaw Chippewa, 1898-1990
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from an unknown source, possibly the artist, in Michigan in 1983; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Mount Pleasant, Isabella Reservation; Isabella County; Michigan; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Saginaw Chippewa
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/6046
label: Barcode
content: 256046.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Basket with cover
label: Media/Materials
content: Ash splints, synthetic dye/dyes
label: Techniques
content: Dyed, twill-plaited, wicker-plaited, fancy plaited weave
label: Dimensions
content: 53 x 30.5 cm