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late 19th-early 20th century

Spruce root

Overall: 14 3/16 × 16 15/16 in. (36 × 43 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Doris Meltzer and the Meltzer Gallery

159.1.14289

Geography

Place Made: Klukwan, United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Basket

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Northwest Coast

Not on view

Provenance

Frank Jim White (1870-1945), Klukwan, Alaska; sold to Axel Rasmussen (about 1887-1945), probably late 1920's-1937; [possibly collected by Earl Stendahl (1887-1966) [dealer], Los Angeles, California]; sold to Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon; sold to Doris Meltzer (1908-1977), Meltzer Gallery, New York; given to present collection, 1959.

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