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Object Details

Collection History
Made for and formerly owned by Emma Latham; lent to MAI by Roy Latham (1881-1979, of Orient, New York) in 1921 and never reclaimed.
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
Montauk
Artist/Maker
Phoebe Wells (Phebe Wells), Montauk, b. ca. 1859
Previous owner
Emma Latham, Non-Indian
Roy Latham, Non-Indian, 1881-1979
Lender
Roy Latham, Non-Indian, 1881-1979
Date created
circa 1870
Object Name
Basket
Media/Materials
Woodsplints, wood, paint
Techniques
Plaited, painted, stamped
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
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