Basket with cover
date: label: Date created
content: 1840-1880
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Mahican (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Ann Stevenson Van Cortlandt, Non-Indian, 1847-1940
label: Previous owner
content: Catherine Van Cortlandt Matthews, Non-Indian, 1876-1954
label: Previous owner
content: Isabel Matthews Mason (Mrs. William Virginius Mason/Mrs. William V. Mason), Non-Indian, 1879-1973
label: Previous owner
content: William F. Stiles (WFS), Non-Indian, 1912-1980
label: Seller
content: William F. Stiles (WFS), Non-Indian, 1912-1980
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but assumed to have descended through the Van Cortlandt family to Ann Stevenson Van Cortlandt (1847-1940); found in the attic of a house occupied by her nieces, Catherine Van Cortlandt Matthews (1876-1954) and Isabel Matthews Mason (Mrs. William Virginius Mason, 1879-1973); acquired from them in 1938 by William F. Stiles (1912-1980, MAI curator); purchased by MAI from William F. Stiles in 1967.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Attic of Mason house; Mason house; Westchester County; New York; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Mahican
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 24/1463
label: Barcode
content: 241463.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Basket with cover
label: Media/Materials
content: Woodsplints, wood
label: Techniques
content: Plaited, wicker-plaited