probably Oneida [New York] (attributed) Search this
Collector:
Sally Loomis Lane (Mrs. Valentine Lane), Non-Indian, 1813-1890 Search this
Previous owner:
Sally Loomis Lane (Mrs. Valentine Lane), Non-Indian, 1813-1890 Search this
Lois Leach Fox (Lois C. Lane Leach Fox/Mrs. Charles Augustus Leach/Mrs. Samuel P. Fox), Non-Indian, 1846-1949 Search this
Pauline G. Davies (Pauline Gerber Davies/Mrs. Arthur Lloyd-Davies), Non-Indian, 1918-2017 Search this
Donor:
Pauline G. Davies (Pauline Gerber Davies/Mrs. Arthur Lloyd-Davies), Non-Indian, 1918-2017 Search this
Object Name:
Basket sieve/sifter
Media/Materials:
Woodsplints, paint
Techniques:
Plaited, painted
Dimensions:
10.7 x 17.8 cm
Object Type:
Food Gathering and Preparation
Place:
New York; USA (inferred)
Date created:
circa 1830
Collection History:
Purchased by Sally Loomis Lane (Mrs. Valentine Lane, 1813-1890) from an Indian, probably near her home in Talcottville, New York; given to her daughter Lois Leach Fox (1846-1949) in 1856; given by Lois Leach Fox to Pauline Gerber Davies (1918-2017), who was the daughter of a neighbor of Mrs. Fox's in Aberdeen, South Dakota, in 1928; donated to NMAI by Pauline G. Davies in 2005.
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