Basket
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit
label: Previous owner
content: Cadwell Belden Benson, Non-Indian, 1841-1915
label: Previous owner
content: Helen Cunningham Benson (Mrs. Cadwell Belden Benson), Non-Indian, 1839-1932
label: Previous owner
content: Helen Page Johnson (Mrs. G. Leonard Johnson), Non-Indian, 1839-1956
label: Donor
content: Helen Page Johnson (Mrs. G. Leonard Johnson), Non-Indian, 1839-1956
label: Honoree
content: Helen Cunningham Benson (Mrs. Cadwell Belden Benson), Non-Indian, 1839-1932
label: Honoree
content: Cadwell Belden Benson, Non-Indian, 1841-1915
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but said to have been collected in 1902; formerly in the collection of Cadwell Belden Benson (1841-1915, a businessman in Oswego, New York) and his wife Helen Cunningham Benson (1839-1932); inherited by Mr. Benson's niece Helen Page Johnson (Mrs. G. Leonard Johnson, 1839-1956) in 1932; donated to MAI by Mrs. Johnson in 1933 in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Cadwell Belden Benson.
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: 18/4856
label: Barcode
content: 184856.000
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