Basket

1966.1.116
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Creation Date
1931 – 1955
Materials

Dimensions

5.080 cm. H Item (Overall)

10.16 cm. Diameter

Description
A maroon and deep blue beaded basket with a wheat-colored interior, it stands 2 inches high and is 3 3/4 inches in diameter. It was woven and beaded by Mrs. Irma McCloud, a full-blood Paiute Indian, are 47. Her daughter, Dorothy, went to Haskell. The beads on this basket are seed beads without any sheen, so therefore this basket is considered more valuable than one on which glass beads were used.
Related People and Organizations
McCloud, Irma
Helbing, Cleora
Haskell Institute (Lawrence, Kansas)
Helbing, Geneva
Geographic Notes
Lawerence, Kansas
Geographic Names
Haskell Indian Nations University, Douglas, Kansas, United States, NA [38.93852,-95.23026] [id:4272725]
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