Basket
- Culture/People
- probably Klikitat (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Axel Rasmussen, Non-Indian, 1886-1945
- Earl L. Stendahl (Earl Leopold Stendahl), Non-Indian, 1888-1966
- Portland Art Museum, 1892-
- Meltzer Gallery
- Previous seller
- Meltzer Gallery
- Previous owner
- Helen Pep Grodka (Helen Groz Pep/A Tehom Win/Mrs. Frederick B. Grodka), Non-Indian, 1898-1982
- Donor
- Sonia Grodka Blumenthal (Sonia Dorothy Grodka), Non-Indian
- Harry W. Blumenthal, Non-Indian, 1924-2013
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Axel Rasmussen (1886-1945, a collector and superintendent of schools in Wrangell and Sitka, Alaska); purchased from his estate by Earl Stendahl (1888-1966) of the Stendahl Galleries (Hollywood, California) circa 1947; purchased by the Portland Art Museum (Portland, Oregon) from Earl Stendahl in 1948; purchased by the Meltzer Gallery (New York City) in 1959 at a surplus sale held by the Portland Art Museum; purchased by Helen Pep Grodka (1898-1982, an artist and Native American art enthusiast) in 1965 from the Meltzer Gallery; donated to MAI in 1982 by Helen Pep Grodka's daughter and son-in-law, Sonia Grodka Blumenthal and Harry W. Blumenthal (1924-2013).
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- Place
- Washington; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Klikitat
- Containers and Vessels
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 25/1250
- Barcode
- 251250.000
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Basket
- Media/Materials
- Conifer root, hide thong/babiche, bear grass
- Techniques
- Coiled, imbricated
- Dimensions
- 21.6 x 20.3 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_267155