Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected between 1900 and 1930 by Grace Nicholson (1877-1948, a California basket collector and dealer); inherited by Grace Nicholson's assistant Thyra Maxwell (1903-1972); purchased by MAI from Thyra Maxwell in 1968.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Pomo
- Artist/Maker
- Mary Knight Benson (Mrs. William Benson), Pomo, 1878-1930
- Collector
- Grace Nicholson, Non-Indian, 1877-1948
- Previous owner
- Grace Nicholson, Non-Indian, 1877-1948
- Thyra Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1903-1972
- Seller
- Thyra Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1903-1972
- Date created
- 1900-1930
- Object Name
- Miniature basket
- Media/Materials
- Willow, sedge root, bulrush root
- Techniques
- Coiled
- Dimensions
- 3 x 2 cm
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
