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Native American basket
Object/Work
Catalog Level:
item
Type:
basket
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Authority
Classification
Terms:
decorative arts
Native American art
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Titles or Names
Text:
Small Seed or Water-Carrying Basket
Preference:
preferred
Type:
repository
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Creation
Creator Description:
unknown Northern Paiute
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Identity:
unknown Northern Paiute
Role:
basket maker
Authority
Authority
Creation Date:
ca. 1900
Earliest:
1895
Latest:
1905
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Creation Place/Original Location:
Walker River Reservation (Nevada, United States)
Authority
Style/Period/ Group/Movement
Indexing Term:
Northern Paiute
Authority
Measurements
Dimensions Description:
unavailable
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Materials and Techniques
Description:
diagonal-twined partially peeled willow with horsehair handle
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Material Names:
willow
horsehair
Technique Names:
twining
weaving
Authority
Subject Matter
Indexing terms:
object (utilitarian)
carrying
storage
Authority
Current Location
Repository Name/Geographic Location:
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC, United States)
Repository Number:
10/5314
Authority
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Revised 28 August 2006