Basket
name: label: Culture/People
content: Chitimacha
label: Previous owner
content: Governor James E. Boyd (James Edward Boyd), Non-Indian, 1834-1906
label: Previous owner
content: Margaret Gannett Elton (Mrs. John Edward Elton), Non-Indian, ca. 1907-1975
label: Donor
content: Margaret Gannett Elton (Mrs. John Edward Elton), Non-Indian, ca. 1907-1975
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; said to have been collected by James E. Boyd (1834-1906), an Omaha, Nebraska, businessman and governor of Nebraska from 1891 to 1893); acquired by Margaret Gannett Elton (ca. 1907-1975), who may have been a distant relative of Governor Boyd’s, at an unknown date; donated to MAI by Mrs. Elton in 1971.
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: Louisiana; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Chitimacha
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 24/4262
label: Barcode
content: 244262.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Basket
label: Media/Materials
content: Cane (Swamp cane/River cane)
label: Techniques
content: Twill-plaited