Basket cup
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit
label: Collector
content: Lady Jane Franklin (Jane Griffen/Mrs. John Franklin), Non-Indian, 1791-1875
label: Previous owner
content: Lady Jane Franklin (Jane Griffen/Mrs. John Franklin), Non-Indian, 1791-1875
label: Previous owner
content: Sophia Cracroft (Sophy Cracroft), Non-Indian, 1816-1892
label: Previous seller
content: Miss LeFroy, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
label: Seller
content: William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1870 by Lady Jane Franklin (1791-1875) while travelling in British Columbia and Alaska searching for evidence of her husband, explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), who disappeared during an 1845-1847 voyage to chart Canada's Northwest Passage; inherited by Lady Franklin’s niece Sophia Cracroft (1816-1892), who accompanied her on her travels; acquired by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") in 1911 from Miss LeFroy (a niece of Sophia Cracroft’s); purchased by George Heye from W.O. Oldman in 1912.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Tlingit
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: 2/9789
label: Barcode
content: 029789.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Basket cup
label: Media/Materials
content: Spruce root, bear grass, maidenhair fern stem
label: Techniques
content: Twined, false-embroidered