Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of George I. Lufkin (1868-1947, a basket collector who worked in automobile sales in California); inherited by his son, George Schild Lufkin (1906-1992); donated to MAI by George S. Lufkin in 1953 in memory of George I. Lufkin.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Okwanuchu Shasta
- Possible collector
- George I. Lufkin, Non-Indian, 1868-1947
- Previous owner
- George I. Lufkin, Non-Indian, 1868-1947
- Honoree
- George I. Lufkin, Non-Indian, 1868-1947
- Previous owner
- George S. Lufkin (George Schild Lufkin), Non-Indian, 1906-1992
- Donor
- George S. Lufkin (George Schild Lufkin), Non-Indian, 1906-1992
- Object Name
- Mortar basket
- Media/Materials
- Hazel, tule rush
- Techniques
- Twined
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
