Object Details
- Collection History
- Probably collected by Captain Thomas Connolly (1851-1900), who served in western Indian campaigns and was Indian agent at the Round Valley Agency between about 1893 and 1897; inherited by his widow Mary Alice Connolly (ca. 1864-1933) and subsequently by their daughter Vera Leona Connolly (1888-1964, a journalist and magazine editor); donated to MAI by Vera Connelly in 1934.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Valley Maidu (Chico Maidu) (attributed)
- Possible collector
- Captain Thomas Connolly, Non-Indian, 1851-1900
- Previous owner
- Captain Thomas Connolly, Non-Indian, 1851-1900
- Mary Alice Connolly (Mrs. Thomas Connelly), Non-Indian, ca. 1864-1933
- Vera L. Connolly (Vera Leona Connolly), Non-Indian, 1888-1964
- Donor
- Vera L. Connolly (Vera Leona Connolly), Non-Indian, 1888-1964
- Object Name
- Basket
- Media/Materials
- Sedge, bulrush root, redbud
- Techniques
- Coiled
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
