Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected from Shteshta-kata (Yellow Corn/Mrs. Snow, Sahnish, ca. 1842-1928) by Melvin R. Gilmore (1868-1940, MAI staff member) in 1923 during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Sahnish (Arikara)
- Artist/Maker
- Shteshta-kata (Yellow Corn/Mrs. Snow), Sahnish (Arikara), ca. 1842-1928
- Previous owner
- Shteshta-kata (Yellow Corn/Mrs. Snow), Sahnish (Arikara), ca. 1842-1928
- Collector
- Melvin R. Gilmore (Melvin Randolph Gilmore), Non-Indian, 1868-1940
- Date created
- 1923
- Object Name
- Burden basket with burden strap/tumpline
- Media/Materials
- Willow, box elder bark, hide thong/babiche
- Techniques
- Twill-plaited
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
