Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or purchased from local residents in 1920 during the T. Coleman du Pont Utah and Arizona Expedition, led by Jesse L. Nusbaum (1887-1975, MAI staff member) and funded by T. Coleman du Pont (1863-1930, a businessman and U.S. senator from Delaware).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Kaibab Paiute
- Expedition leader
- Jesse L. Nusbaum (Jesse Logan Nusbaum/Jess Nusbaum), Non-Indian, 1887-1975
- Expedition
- T. Coleman du Pont Utah and Arizona Expedition (1920)
- Expedition sponsor
- T. Coleman du Pont (Thomas Coleman du Pont), Non-Indian, 1863-1930
- Object Name
- Burden basket
- Media/Materials
- Willow, cotton canvas
- Techniques
- Twined, stitched
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
