Basket
Item
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Title
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Basket
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Tribe
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Tlingit
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Location
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Alaska
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Dimensions
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13 x 21 inches 33 x 53.3 cm
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Accession Number
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NAB-27
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Collector
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Sheldon Jackson
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Description
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This, now flattened, basket was once used by the peoples of the Tlingit tribe in Alaska. Traveling as a Preysbeterian leader, Sheldon Jackson, made an effort to “civilize” the Indigenous peoples. Simultaneously, Jackson supplied trained medical professionals to isolated communities. During his time in Alaska, he collected Indigenous art and material culture, some of which he gave to Mrs. J.C. Kinney to be sold to help young Alaskan natives afford to build houses. It is likely that the Smithsonian acquired this basket from one of her stops during her traveling sale.
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Media
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woven basket