Object Details
- Collection History
- Acquired by Episcopal missionary Sybil Carter (1842-1908) during her work with Native communities in Minnesota to teach lacemaking; given by Sybil Carter to Grace Nicholson (1877-1948, a California basket collector and dealer), probably circa 1904 when lacemaking was introduced to California Native communities; 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
- Minnesota Chippewa [Red Lake, Minnesota]
- Seller
- Thyra Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1903-1972
- Previous owner
- Thyra Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1903-1972
- Grace Nicholson, Non-Indian, 1877-1948
- Sybil Carter, Non-Indian, 1842-1908
- Date created
- circa 1900
- Object Name
- Canoe model
- Media/Materials
- Birchbark, porcupine quills
- Techniques
- Quill embroidered
- Object Type
- Watercraft and accessories
