Dear Joyce-
The basket's owner can only relay what was told her 50 years ago when the
Indian woman/owner/maker was a neighbor of hers.  Mariana Mace, Curator of
the Museum at Western Oregon Univ. and a basket specialist has looked at the
photos and that theory (that it may have been a school project) was hers.
She can be contacted at <[log in to unmask]>.

I am a very familiar with woodlands baskets and yes, it looks like a typical
wood splint basket.  I havent seen it myself.


Laura J. Quackenbush, Curator
Leelanau Historical Museum
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>From: Joyce Herold <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Flathead Indian Basket
>Date: Tue, Aug 1, 2000, 4:35 AM
>

> Dear Curator Quakenbush:  The American Indian basketry collection at the
> Denver Museum of Nature and Science has national research importance and
> includes several Flathead examples.  I believe that, because of its
> material, construction, and form, the basket you describe was probably made
> in the northeast, by one of several tribes or by a non-Indian.  There is
> little chance it was made by a Flathead, even in a school project, for
> importing such wood materials from the east would have been impractical and
> expensive.  Did the owner give any indication of an alternative history?
> We would be interested in seeing a photo in order to determine whether it
> is right for our collection.
> Yours sincerely,  Joyce Herold, Curator of Ethnoloy, Denver Museum of
> Nature and Science
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