Object Details
- Collection History
- Probably collected by Louis Kasin (ca. 1896-1941) and his wife Pauline Kasin (1905-1995) during travel to South America to collect zoological specimens in the 1920s and 1930s; donated to MAI by Mrs. Kasin in 1944 in memory of Louis Kasin.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Zapotec
- Possible collector
- Louis Kasin, Non-Indian, ca. 1895-1941
- Pauline Kasin (Mrs. Louis Kasin), Non-Indian, 1905-1995
- Previous owner
- Louis Kasin, Non-Indian, ca. 1895-1941
- Pauline Kasin (Mrs. Louis Kasin), Non-Indian, 1905-1995
- Donor
- Pauline Kasin (Mrs. Louis Kasin), Non-Indian, 1905-1995
- Honoree
- Louis Kasin, Non-Indian, ca. 1895-1941
- Object Name
- Basket
- Media/Materials
- Palm fiber
- Techniques
- Twill-plaited
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
