Basket with cover
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1890
name: label: Culture/People
content: Mi'kmaq [Eskasoni]
label: Previous owner
content: Chief John Denys, Mi'kmaq [Eskasoni]
label: Collector
content: Frederick Johnson (Fred Johnson/Frederick M. Johnson), Non-Indian, 1904-1994
notes: label: Collection History
content: Said to have been made for Chief John Denys (Eskasoni Mi'kmaq); collected in 1930 by anthropologist Frederick Johnson (1904-1994) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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: Eskasoni Reserve; Cape Breton County; Nova Scotia; Canada
label: Island Name
content: Cape Breton Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Mi'kmaq [Eskasoni]
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 17/6413
label: Barcode
content: 176413.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Basket with cover
label: Media/Materials
content: Woodsplints, dye/dyes
label: Techniques
content: Wicker-plaited, twill-plaited, dyed