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| Title | Basket made by Princess Angeline ca. 1870 |
| Photographer | Richard Nicol |
| Date | ca.1870-90 |
| Notes | Keekeesiblue, also known as "Princess Angeline", was the daughter of Chief Seattle. After her father's death in 1866, she lived on the waterfront, wove baskets and sold them on the streets of Seattle. Baskets like this one of coiled cedar root were made for gathering and food preparation. |
| Personal Names | Princess Angeline; Keekeesiblue; Chief Seattle; Chief Sealth |
| Location | United States--Washington (State)--King County--Seattle; |
| Digital Collection | King County Museum Collections
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| Note About Ownership | This record describes one of more than three hundred artifacts, photographs and documents, submitted by members of the Association of King County Historical Organizations. The King County Collects project took place during the county's sesquicentennial in 2001, to celebrate the shared collection of AKCHO's 205 members. The information presented here is the responsibility of the AKCHO organization which submitted the item for inclusion in the project. |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions, contact The Burke Museum, Box 353030 University of Washington, Seattle, 98195-3010, 206-543-5590www.washington.edu/burkemuseum |
| Credit Line | Burke Museum; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Burke Museum |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using CONTENTdm's image import. |
