Basket bowl

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Date created: circa 1970

Culture/People: Patwin
Artist/Maker: Bertha Wright Mitchell, Patwin, 1934-2018
Seller: Gene Quintana, Non-Indian
Previous owner: Gene Quintana, Non-Indian
Previous seller: Bertha Wright Mitchell, Patwin, 1934-2018

Collection History: Used by the artist as a display and demonstration item until the mid 1990s, when she sold them to a local friend and patron; acquired from that individual by Native art dealer Gene Quintana (Carmichael, California); purchased by NMAI from Gene Quintana in 1999.
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Place: Northern California; California; USA (inferred)

See related items: Patwin; Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/4883
Barcode: 254883.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Basket bowl
Media/Materials: Willow
Techniques: Coiled
Dimensions: 32.6 x 22.5 x 9.5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62ea9f3d1-ca4f-456a-895b-bb490eaeb202

Record ID: NMAI_270748