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Culture/People:
probably Western Mono (Monache) (attributed)  Search this
Artist/Maker:
Mary Burkhead, Western Mono (Monache)  Search this
Previous owner:
Lucy A. Peckinpah (Lucy Adeline Briggs Rawson/Mrs. Thaddeus E. Peckinpah), Non-Indian, 1840-1920  Search this
Homer E. Sargent, Jr. (Homer Earle Sargent), Non-Indian, 1875-1957  Search this
Donor:
Homer E. Sargent, Jr. (Homer Earle Sargent), Non-Indian, 1875-1957  Search this
Object Name:
Basket jar
Media/Materials:
Deer grass, sedge root, bracken fern root
Techniques:
Coiled
Dimensions:
15 x 27 x 25 cm
Object Type:
Containers and Vessels
Place:
Madera County; California; USA
Date created:
circa 1900
Collection History:
Collection history unknown, but said to have been collected circa 1900; formerly in the collection of Lucy A. Peckinpah (Lucy Adeline Briggs Rawson/Mrs. Thaddeus E. Peckinpah, 1840-1920, of Napa, California); purchased from her estate by Homer E. Sargent, Jr. (1875-1957) in 1921; donated to MAI by Homer Sargent in 1929.
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Catalog Number:
16/5503
Barcode:
165503.000
See related items:
Western Mono (Monache)
Containers and Vessels
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws67020c8ac-0846-42e7-b4f8-f5c9796c20ad
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_177302