Basket
Item
- Title
- Basket
- Tribe
- Central Yup'ik or Inupiaq
- Location
- Alaska
- Dimensions
- 10 x 16 x 16 inches 25.4 x 40.6 x 40.6 cm
- Accession Number
- NAB-25
- Collector
- E. W. Nelson
- Description
- This basket was collected by E. W. Nelson in Norton Sound, Alaska, when he was stationed there with the U.S. Army Signal Corps to study local flora and fauna from 1887 to 1881. The basket was likely made by a Yup’ik maker and used for carrying clothing.
- Media
- Woven basketry
- Item sets
- Sunnergren
- Media
Basket