Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Constance Lindsay Skinner (1877-1939, an author and historian of the fur trade); donated to MAI by New York City literary agent Annie Laurie Williams (1895-1977, a friend of Miss Skinner's) in 1940 in memory of Constance Lindsay Skinner.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Abenaki (Abnaki)
- Previous owner
- Constance Lindsay Skinner, Non-Indian, 1877-1939
- Donor
- Annie Laurie Williams (Annie L. Williams/Mrs. Maurice Crain), Non-Indian, 1895-1977
- Honoree
- Constance Lindsay Skinner, Non-Indian, 1877-1939
- Date created
- 1900-1920
- Object Name
- Basket
- Media/Materials
- Sweetgrass, woodsplints
- Techniques
- Wicker-plaited
- Dimensions
- 19 x 13 x 14 cm
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
