Basket

Mediumgrass

Donor credit lineGift of Elizabeth Lee

Object number2010.60.1

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionGrass [natural fibers] basket (no lid) woven with vertical warp. Flat circular button that tapers in wood from bottom to top. Upper rim turned inward. Gwich'in (Kutchin) (Athabaskan).ProvenanceObjects associated with Captain Albert C. Sherman, his wife Carrie, son Albert Jr. ("Bertie") and daughter Helen. The family brought back souvenirs from a Western Arctic wintering-over voyage of 1895-1897. The donor is the granddaughter of Helen Herschel Paul (nee Sherman), who was born on Herschel Island in 1895.

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