Water-Tight Basket

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Object Details

Collector

Bernard R. Ross

Donor Name

Mr. Robert Kennicott

Notes

FROM CARD: "*IDENTIFIED AS "SLAVE" BY CORNELIUS OSGOOD, SEPT. 1970, SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF INDEX ENTRY "FT. SIMPSON." R. KENNICOTT." MADE OF ROOTS OF LARCH." H. 8 CM.; DIA. 19.5 CM.. COILED SHALLOW BOWL-SHAPED BASKET WITH FLARING RIM.

Ledger book identifies this as from Indians of Fort Simpson, and further notes "watertight basket made of roots of larch, Slave Indians of Mackenzie River."

Record Last Modified

30 Jul 2020

Specimen Count

Culture

Slavey (Slave, Dene)

Accession Date

1863

Accession Number

000177

USNM Number

E855-0

Object Type

Basket

Height - Object

8 cm

Diameter - Object

19.5 cm

Place

Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada, North America

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Data Source

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Ethnology

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3eef0774b-1325-427d-8236-8b76456dfda4

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8482771