Basket and Cover (Whirling Log design)

Unangax̂ (Aleut)
Western Arctic
Arctic

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early 20th century

Wild rye grass, thread, aniline dye

Overall: 5 7/8 × 4 3/4 in. (15 × 12 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. James Foster Scott, in memory of her late husband, Victor J. Evans

157.9.13880

Geography

Place Made: Aleutian Islands, United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Basket

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Victor Justice Evans (1865-1931), Washington, D.C, date unknown; to his widow, (Mabel) Karen Gram Schaefer Evans Scott Allen (1891-1974), Meriden, New Hampshire, 1931; given to present collection, 1957.

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