Thimble case basket
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1935
name: label: Culture/People
content: Unangax̂ (Aleut)
label: Previous owner
content: Eugene Paul Willis, Non-Indian, 1897-1966
label: Previous owner
content: Elva M. Willis (Mrs. Eugene Paul Willis), Non-Indian, 1898-1996
label: Previous owner
content: Jean Willis LaGrow (Jean Ruth Willis/Mrs. Clifford M. LaGrow), Non-Indian, 1928-2018
label: Donor
content: Jean Willis LaGrow (Jean Ruth Willis/Mrs. Clifford M. LaGrow), Non-Indian, 1928-2018
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by Eugene Paul Willis (1897-1966) and his wife Elva M. Willis (1898-1995), who lived in Alaska intermittently between 1925 and 1941 when Mr. Willis worked for the Alaska Commercial Company at Dutch Harbor, Alaska; inherited by their daughter, Mrs. Jean Willis LaGrow (1928-2018); donated to NMAI by Jean LaGrow in 2010.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Dutch Harbor; Aleut Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)
label: Archipelago
content: Aleutian Islands
label: Island Name
content: Unalaska Island
label: Island Grouping
content: Fox Islands
setName: label: See related items
content: Unangax̂ (Aleut)
label: See related items
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/7690
label: Barcode
content: 267690.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
label: Indigenous Term
content: aygaĝasix̂
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Thimble case basket
label: Media/Materials
content: Beach grass/Rye grass, silk embroidery floss, silk cloth
label: Techniques
content: Twined, false-embroidered, lined
label: Dimensions
content: 2.5 x 4.0 cm