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Donor Name:
Dr. William C. Sturtevant  Search this
Culture:
Choctaw  Search this
Object Type:
Basket
Place:
Not Given, Mississippi, United States, North America
Notes:
Notes from Sturtevant's personal catalog: "Basket; square bottom, round rim, stiff loop handle; height 12" inc. handle; cane, twilled U404, some elements dyed yellow, red, black (commercial dyes). Bought for $1.50 from Johnson General Merchandise, Philadelphia; said to be made by Conehatta. Collected in Miss. by W.C.S., 4/27/1958 - 4/29/1958. Choctaw"
Conehatta is a Choctaw community/place name in Newton Co., Mississippi. There is also a Conehatta Creek in the area from which it takes its name. See Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 30. https://epdf.pub/native-american-place-names-in-mississippi.html
Record Last Modified:
19 Jan 2024
Specimen Count:
1
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
2049174
USNM Number:
E437590-0
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Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ff598e87-95dd-4b4f-86d6-8c224b2e1464
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_16917059