About the Artwork
Burden Basket with Strap
between 1890 and 1910
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Native American
Salish
Willow and wool yarn
Overall: 10 1/2 × 16 × 13 3/4 inches (26.7 × 40.6 × 34.9 cm)
Baskets
Indigenous Americas
Bequest of Mary F. Stevens
10.18.53
Public Domain
Markings
Tag: This is an old burden basket that is used to carry food and game by the O'Conagen Indians of N.E. Washington. Made of willow roots, over 50 years old. Tag: Bequest of Miss Mary M. Stevens, Aug 1910.
Provenance
Mary F. Stevens [died ca. 1910] (Detroit, Michigan, USA);1910-present, bequeathed 9 August 1910 to the Detroit Museum of Art (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Salish, Native American, Burden Basket with Strap, between 1890 and 1910, willow and wool yarn. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Mary F. Stevens, 10.18.53.
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