Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Alexander Augustine Sapiel (Penobscot, b. 1884); purchased by George Heye from Alexander Sapiel in 1940 during a trip to Maine.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Mi'kmaq (Micmac) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Alexander Augustine Sapiel, Penobscot, b. 1884
- Seller
- Alexander Augustine Sapiel, Penobscot, b. 1884
- MAI agent
- George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
- Date created
- 1910-1930
- Object Name
- Basket
- Media/Materials
- Woodsplints, wood, sweetgrass, iron nails
- Techniques
- Wicker-plaited, dyed
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
