Basket with cover

Date created
circa 1910
Culture/People
Wailaki
Previous owner
Earl G. Johnson (E. G. Johnson), Non-Indian, 1880-1945
Seller
Earl G. Johnson (E. G. Johnson), Non-Indian, 1880-1945
MAI agent
George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
Presenter/funding source
Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
Collection History
Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Earl G. Johnson (1880-1945, who owned an Indian basket store in Eureka, California); purchased by George Heye from Earl Johnson in 1922 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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Place
Table Bluff, Eel River; Table Bluff Rancheria; Humboldt County; California; USA
See related items
Wailaki
Containers and Vessels
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
11/3551
Barcode
113551.000
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
Object Name
Basket with cover
Media/Materials
Willow, bear grass, hide thong/babiche
Techniques
Twined, tied
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws637aa0695-fe54-458e-b811-2869b563305d
Record ID
NMAI_122386