DepartmentUnited States & Canada
Storage basket
NameBasket
Artist
Artist not recorded
CultureAlutiiq
Datec. 1920
Place madeAleutian Islands, Alaska, United States, North America
MediumGrass, silk thread, natural dyes
Dimensions7 7/8 × 7 11/16 × 1 in. (20 × 19.5 × 2.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.36.764V
Object numberA.1980.36.764V
Collections
ProvenanceGift of M.C. Cutler.
DescriptionWoven of grass with decoration of rectangles and diamonds in reds and blues woven in with silk thread. Cylindrical basket with lid with knob on top. // Miles and Bovis, "American Indian and Eskimo Basketry", New York, 1969.
c. 1925
c. 1960
Early - mid-20th century