Basket

Culture/People
probably Interior Salish (attributed)
Possible collector
Robert J. Skinner, Non-Indian, 1844-1909
Previous owner
Constance Lindsay Skinner, Non-Indian, 1877-1939
Donor
Annie Laurie Williams (Annie L. Williams/Mrs. Maurice Crain), Non-Indian, 1895-1977
Honoree
Constance Lindsay Skinner, Non-Indian, 1877-1939
Collection History
Probably collected by Robert J. Skinner (1844-1909, a Hudson Bay Company trader in British Columbia); formerly in the collection of his daughter Constance Lindsay Skinner (1877-1939, an author and historian of the fur trade); donated to MAI by New York City literary agent Annie Laurie Williams (1895-1977, a friend of Miss Skinner's) in 1940 in memory of Constance Lindsay Skinner.
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Place
Fraser River; British Columbia; Canada
See related items
Interior Salish
Containers and Vessels
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
20/3343
Barcode
203343.000
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
Object Name
Basket
Media/Materials
Cedar root/roots, bear grass, cherry bark
Techniques
Coiled, imbricated
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6df1cccf5-d0ee-4e7b-a316-5a30b7917f4a
Record ID
NMAI_216541