Basket with cover
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Object Details
- Culture/People
- Atakapa
- Collector
- Edward Leverich, Non-Indian, 1839-1886
- Previous owner
- Edward Leverich, Non-Indian, 1839-1886
- Anna S. Leverich (Anna Fredericka Schuchardt/Mrs. Edward Leverich), Non-Indian, 1851-1918
- Margaret D. Leverich (Mary D. Leverich), Non-Indian, 1876-1963
- Donor
- Margaret D. Leverich (Mary D. Leverich), Non-Indian, 1876-1963
- Collection History
- Purchased from local "Tuckapaw" Indians between 1882 and 1886 by Edward Leverich (1839-1886), then the owner of Oak Lawn Plantation (now Oaklawn Manor, outside Franklin, Louisiana); inherited by his widow, Anna S. Leverich (Anna Fredericka Schuchardt, 1851-1918), and subsequently by their daughter, Margaret Duncan Leverich (1876-1963); donated to MAI by Margaret D. Leverich in 1959.
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- Date created
- circa 1870
- Catalog Number
- 22/8841
- Barcode
- 228841.000
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Basket with cover
- Media/Materials
- Cane (Swamp cane/River cane), dye/dyes
- Techniques
- Dyed, double-woven, twill-plaited
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 15.9 x 15.7 cm
- Place
- Franklin; Saint Mary Parish; Louisiana; USA
- See related items
- Atakapa
- Containers and Vessels
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_243859
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6423597b4-1f93-4576-97f4-bdd0652bd11c
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