Culture/People:

Tlingit  Search this

Possible collector:

Dr. A. Eugene Austin (Alonzo Eugene Austin, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1868-1948  Search this

Previous owner:

Dr. A. Eugene Austin (Alonzo Eugene Austin, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1868-1948  Search this

Sarah H. Austin (Sarah Frances Hall/Mrs. Alonzo Eugene Austin), Non-Indian, 1871-1952  Search this

Donor:

Dr. A. Eugene Austin (Alonzo Eugene Austin, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1868-1948  Search this

Sarah H. Austin (Sarah Frances Hall/Mrs. Alonzo Eugene Austin), Non-Indian, 1871-1952  Search this

Object Name:

Basket with cover

Media/Materials:

Spruce root, bear grass, maidenhair fern stem

Techniques:

Twined, false-embroidered

Object Type:

Containers and Vessels

Place:

Alaska; USA

Collection History:

Possibly collected by Alonzo Eugene Austin (1868-1948, a New York City doctor of homeopathy who spent his boyhood in Alaska as the son of Presbyterian missionary parents); donated to MAI by Dr. Austin and his wife Sarah Hall Austin (1871-1952) in 1930.

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Catalog Number:

16/8402

Barcode:

168402.000

See related items:

Tlingit

Containers and Vessels

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws68105ebec-eec7-472f-97c8-a9c2a16579ca

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_180484