Nest Baskets 3
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Feb 1893
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. William P. Johnston
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. William P. Johnston
notes: label: Notes
content: MELISSA DARDEN, CHITIMACHA BASKET MAKER, IDENTIFIES THESE OBJECTS AS STYLISTICALLY CHITIMACHA.
label: Notes
content: LEDGER AND CATALOG CARD SAY 1 [ OF 3 ] SENT TO CAPTAIN ISMAILOFF. 1895. LEDGER ALSO INDICATES 1 EXCHANGED JUNE 12, 1902. Though the original cataloguing lists this catalogue number as consisting of 3 baskets, and records indicate at least 2 baskets were exchanged out of the collections at various times, as of 2011 there are 4 baskets bearing this number.
label: Notes
content: Provenience note: The collector, Mrs. William Preston Johnston, was living in New Orleans, Louisiana at the time of the donation of this collection. Notes in the accession file indicate the baskets were from the Atakapa of Southern Louisiana. 11 Atakapa baskets from Mrs. Johnston's collection were illustrated in Plate 135, after p. 548 in Mason, Otis T. "Aboriginal American Basketry: Studies in a Textile Art without Machinery", US National Museum, Annual Report for 1902; Washington, 1904. On p. 388 of the publication, Mason notes that the Atakapa baskets in Plate 135 were made by the Atakapa living in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. He describes the baskets: "The baskets are made from the stems of the cane. The outer tough layer is split off and dyed if necessary. It is then worked into twilled ware, which by the texture and variety of colors shows elegant designs."
label: Notes
content: From card: "Made of finely split cane; body in natural color; patterns dyed red and black. Plaited diagonally to produce geometric designs. Illus. in USNM Rept, 1902; Pl. 135; p. 548."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Southern Louisiana / Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Atakapa (Ishak)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 026698
label: USNM Number
content: E165735-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket