Basket
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit
label: Previous owner
content: Eleanor Roosevelt (Anna Eleanor Roosevelt), Non-Indian, 1884-1962
label: Auction venue
content: Hammer Galleries
label: Previous owner
content: Helen Pep Grodka (Helen Groz Pep/A Tehom Win/Mrs. Frederick B. Grodka), Non-Indian, 1898-1982
label: Donor
content: Sonia Grodka Blumenthal (Sonia Dorothy Grodka), Non-Indian
label: Donor
content: Harry W. Blumenthal, Non-Indian, 1924-2013
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962, First Lady of the United States, diplomat, and activist); purchased by Helen Pep Grodka (1898-1982, an artist and Native American art enthusiast) at a sale of items from the Eleanor Roosevelt Estate held by the Hammer Galleries (New York City) in 1964; donated to MAI in 1982 by Helen Pep Grodka's daughter and son-in-law, Sonia Grodka Blumenthal and Harry W. Blumenthal (1924-2013).
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: Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)
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: 25/1328
label: Barcode
content: 251328.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Basket
label: Media/Materials
content: Vegetal Fiber
label: Techniques
content: Twined
label: Dimensions
content: 11.4 cm