Basket
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1840
name: label: Culture/People
content: Yakutat Tlingit
label: Previous owner
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
label: Seller
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
label: Presenter/funding source
content: James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
notes: label: Collection History
content: Said to been acquired by an unnamed Russian woman at a trading post at the mouth of the Copper River, Alaska, and brought by her to Sita, Alaska, in 1845; formerly in the collection of Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899); purchased by MAI from George T. Emmons in 1920 with funds donated by MAI trustees James B. Ford (1844-1928) and Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
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: Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Yakutat Tlingit
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 9/8093
label: Barcode
content: 098093.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
label: Indigenous Term
content: kah-tihk karr
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Basket
label: Media/Materials
content: Spruce root, bear grass
label: Techniques
content: Twined, false-embroidered