Berry basket
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: Haida
label: Possible owner
content: Walter C. Waters (Walter Charles Waters), Non-Indian, 1874-1943
label: Previous owner
content: Axel Rasmussen, Non-Indian, 1886-1945
label: Previous owner
content: Wrangell Institute, 1932-
label: Previous seller
content: Wrangell Institute, 1932-
label: Previous owner
content: Henry D. Barrow (H.D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1909-1987
label: Previous owner
content: Susan Barrow (Mrs. Henry D. Barrow/Mrs. H. D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1907-1988
label: Seller
content: Susan Barrow (Mrs. Henry D. Barrow/Mrs. H. D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1907-1988
label: Seller
content: Henry D. Barrow (H.D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1909-1987
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly owned by "Waters" (probably Walter C. Waters, 1874-1943, owner of the Bear Totem Store in Wrangell, Alaska, and a collector of Native objects); acquired from Waters in 1929 by Axel Rasmussen (1886-1945, a collector and superintendent of schools in Wrangell and Sitka, Alaska) in 1932; lent by Axel Rasmussen to the Wrangell Institute (a Native boarding School in Wrangell, Alaska) at an unknown date and presumably transferred to the Institute's possession with Rasmussen's death in 1945; purchased by Susan D. Barrow (1907-1988, a teacher at the Wrangell Institute) and her husband Henry D. Barrow (1909-1987, a ship captain) from the Wrangell Institute in 1945; purchased by MAI from Mr. and Mrs. Barrow in 1948.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands); North Coast Regional District (Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District); British Columbia; Canada
label: Archipelago
content: Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands)
setName: label: See related items
content: Haida
label: See related items
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
label: On View
content: NMAI, Washington DC: Outside Mitsitam Café, Containers and Utensils
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 21/1696
label: Barcode
content: 211696.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Berry basket
label: Media/Materials
content: Spruce root, hide, cordage
label: Techniques
content: Twined, stitched
label: Dimensions
content: 14 x 11.5 cm