Wickerwork Basket
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William C. Sturtevant
notes: label: Notes
content: Notes from Sturtevant's personal catalog: "Basket, close wickerwork, of root runners, some wefts dyed black. Round, with scalloped in-turned rim, stiff twisted loop handle. Height (incl. handle) 8", max. diam. 10". Purchased for $1.25, 25 Aug. 1961, from The Wagon Wheel Antiques, 117 W. 2nd St. Bartlesville, Okla. Proprietor identified it as "Indian," but ignorant of tribe, source, age ( "I've had it for years"). Claimed part Cherokee ancestry herself. (Identif: similarity to specs. in Clark Field Coll., Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa). Okla. Cherokee. "
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Jan 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Oklahoma, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cherokee
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2049174
label: USNM Number
content: E437583-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket