Flared Rim Basket with Handle
Aleksandra Kudrin Reinken, Unangax^, 1859/60 - 1909
Unangax̂ (Aleut)
Western Arctic
Arctic
collected 1905
Wild rye grass (Elyleymus aleuticus), silk thread
Overall: 8 1/4 × 9 9/16 in. (21 × 24.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.9384
Geography
Place Made: Unalaska 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
Exhibition History
Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8, 2011-March 12, 2012.
This Land: American Engagement with the Natural World, Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 5–July 22, 2022.
Publication History
George P. Horse Capture, Sr., Joe D. Horse Capture, Joseph M. Sanchez, et al., Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2011, ill. on p. 86 and p. 139, no. 12.
Provenance
Made by Aleksandra Kudrin Reinken (1859/60-1909; "Mrs. Adolf Rankin"), Unalaska, Aleutian Islands for sale; sold to Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Unalaska Island, Alaska, 1905; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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