Made of twisted and plaited plastic shopping bags. Rectangular, oval bottom, open top; single strap handle. Openwork squares at top of basket.
Donor:
Roy Iutzi-Mitchell
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Maker or artist:
Lucy Whitman [Yupik]
Collector:
Roy Iutzi-Mitchell
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
September 13, 1994
Context of use:
Shopping bag. Made for sale to tourists. "...made from plastic..., the kind merchants use to pack things you have purchased in stores." (see card 2-71661)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 45 centimeters and 33 centimeters
Comment:
Dr. Nelson Graburn arranged for the former grad student (Iutzi-Mitchell) to purchase an Alaskan Inuit (Eskimo) fish bag made from plastic (pliofilm or such material)...The collector paid the Eskimo lady (Luch Whiteman) $135. for this bag" and 2-71661 (see card 2-71661).