Knitting basket
date: label: Date created
content: 1969
name: label: Culture/People
content: Mohawk [Akwesasne]
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB agent
content: Nancy Engle, Non-Indian
label: IACB source
content: Lazore's Basket Shop
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased by Nancy Engle (Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York) from Lazore's Basket Shop (Hogansburg, New York) on behalf of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board in 1969; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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place: label: Place
content: Hogansburg, Akwesasne Reservation (Saint Regis Reservation); Franklin County; New York; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Mohawk [Akwesasne]
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: 25/6053
label: Barcode
content: 256053.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Knitting basket
label: Media/Materials
content: Black ash/brown ash splints, seagrass cord ("hong kong cord"), sweetgrass, synthetic dye/dyes
label: Techniques
content: Wicker-plaited, dyed
label: Dimensions
content: 20 x 16.5 cm