Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; possibly collected by Ella Ongman (1864-1908, a prospector, collector, and entrepreneur who worked in Alaska between 1901 and 1908); acquired by Dr. Clemens F. Fulda (1846-1914) from Ella Ongman at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye from Clemens Fulda in 1912.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Yup'ik [Norton Sound]
- Possible collector
- Ella Ongman, Non-Indian, 1864-1908
- Previous owner
- Ella Ongman, Non-Indian, 1864-1908
- Dr. Clemens F. Fulda, Non-Indian, 1846-1914
- Seller
- Dr. Clemens F. Fulda, Non-Indian, 1846-1914
- Object Name
- Basket
- Media/Materials
- Beach grass/Rye grass, wool yarn
- Techniques
- Coiled
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
