Basket
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit
label: Previous owner
content: Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin (Louis H. Brittin/L.H. Brittin), Non-Indian, 1877-1952
label: Seller
content: Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin (Louis H. Brittin/L.H. Brittin), Non-Indian, 1877-1952
label: Previous owner
content: Joseph Keppler, Jr. (Udo J. Keppler/Gyantwaka), Non-Indian, 1872-1956
label: Lender
content: Joseph Keppler, Jr. (Udo J. Keppler/Gyantwaka), Non-Indian, 1872-1956
label: Seller
content: Joseph Keppler, Jr. (Udo J. Keppler/Gyantwaka), Non-Indian, 1872-1956
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but said to have been collected circa 1870; formerly in the collection of Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin (1877-1952, a noted collector of books and Indian arts and founder of Northwest Airlines); purchased by George Heye from L.H. Brittin in 1906; given by George Heye to his friend Joseph Keppler, Jr. (1872-1956, a long-time friend of George Heye) in 1906; lent to MAI by Joseph Keppler in 1945; purchased by MAI from Joseph Keppler in 1947.
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: 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: 20/6951
label: Barcode
content: 206951.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Basket
label: Media/Materials
content: Spruce root, bear grass, maidenhair fern stem
label: Techniques
content: Twined, false-embroidered