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NameBasket
Date1930-1950
Mediumcoiled willow (Salix hindsiana) and sedge (Carex barbarae) with clamshell disc beads (Saxidomus nuttalli), quail topknots (Callipepla californica), Western Meadowlark feathers (Sturnella neglecta), Common Raven feathers (Corvus corax), cotton string
Dimensions3 3/8 × 6 × 5 7/8 in. (8.6 × 15.2 × 14.9 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Harrison Eiteljorg
Object number1991.16.4
Feather basket
Unrecorded Pomo artist
1920-1940
Fan
unknown
Fan
Unrecorded Comanche artist
1965-1985
Carry I
Dyani White Hawk
2019
Feather Canoe
Truman Lowe
1993
Miniature tipi
Unrecorded Crow artist
1965-1980
Fan
1965-1985
Fan
1965-1985
Headdress
Unrecorded Blackfeet artist
1875-1895
Headdress
Unrecorded artist from a tribal nation of the Northern Plains region
1900-1930
Umbilical cord case
Unrecorded Lakota artist
1895-1925
Umbilical cord case
Unrecorded Lakota artist
1895-1920

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