Carrying Basket
Unangax̂ (Aleut)
Western Arctic
Arctic
collected 1905
Wild rye grass, wool yarn, silk ribbon
Overall: 10 5/8 × 10 5/8 in. (27 × 27 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.9382
Geography
Place Made: Attu Island, 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
Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Attu Island, Alaska, 1905; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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