Object Details
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the St. Louis County Historical Society (Duluth, Minnesota) in 1984; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Minnesota Chippewa
- Artist/Maker
- Ellen Johnson, Minnesota Chippewa
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB Source
- St. Louis County Historical Society
- Date created
- 1984
- Object Name
- Basket with cover
- Media/Materials
- Black ash/brown ash splints, dye/dyes, sweetgrass
- Techniques
- Dyed, wicker-plaited, fancy plaited weave, wrapped
- Dimensions
- 15.50 x 22.00 x 22.00 cm
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
