Collection:
JDCM Education
Object ID:
EDU.0016
Accession#:
EDU
Credit Line:
Donated by multiple sources.
Object Name:
Basket
Description:
Basket
Coiled raffia or grass "basteng" tray
Round with a flat bottom. Tan color with green and red lines throughout the basket weave. Green in center red at edges.
2005 Gift of Marie Olson
Coiled raffia or grass "basteng" tray
Round with a flat bottom. Tan color with green and red lines throughout the basket weave. Green in center red at edges.
2005 Gift of Marie Olson
Notes:
ANAC Cache 1970's
Marie worked in the ANAC cache gift shop in the 1970's. ANAC would give people some instruction about care, including encouraging people to rub ivory with their hands to transfer oils from the hands that were thought to be good for the ivory. Some people's hand oils are said to turn ivory yellow, an dothers turn it pink. Walrus tusk ivory tends to this in particular. ANAC instructed people not to put ivory or baskets in the sun or on the fireplaces mantle. ANAC also instructed people in dry climates like Arizona to keep a cup of water near the ivory to prevent it from drying out and cracking. THis is now known to be a poor practice. ANAC had a good reputation with Natives, and sold materials to them as well including beads, raffia, smoked moosehide from Canada etc. (Note that was with collection)
Marie worked in the ANAC cache gift shop in the 1970's. ANAC would give people some instruction about care, including encouraging people to rub ivory with their hands to transfer oils from the hands that were thought to be good for the ivory. Some people's hand oils are said to turn ivory yellow, an dothers turn it pink. Walrus tusk ivory tends to this in particular. ANAC instructed people not to put ivory or baskets in the sun or on the fireplaces mantle. ANAC also instructed people in dry climates like Arizona to keep a cup of water near the ivory to prevent it from drying out and cracking. THis is now known to be a poor practice. ANAC had a good reputation with Natives, and sold materials to them as well including beads, raffia, smoked moosehide from Canada etc. (Note that was with collection)
People:
Olson, Marie
Subjects:
Alaska Natives
Basket making
Baskets
Basket making
Baskets
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