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1913.22.5

Basket-flask for holding parched corn when on a journey. Circular with narrow neck.

On display

1913.22.5

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Collection type
Object
Description
Basket-flask for holding parched corn when on a journey. Circular with narrow neck.
Cultural groups
Oceti Sakowin - Sioux
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Miss E.C. Bell
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1893
Date collected
1893?
Acquisition information
Donated: 1913
Materials and processes
Process Twined Woven, Process Basketry
Dimensions
Height 90 mm, Diameter 105 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1913.22.5
Research and responses

Originally entered on database as Plains Lakota (Sioux). Accession book gives provenance as Dakota, but it is not clear whether this refers to the state or to the Sioux group. [CW 14 5 99] A date of 1893 was given in the when collected field possibly referring to the Chicago government exhibition

Purchased at the Chicago government exhibition.

Search terms: Basketry, Food and Drink, Transport and Travel, Basket, Food Accessory