Dat So La Lee (Louisa Keyser) black and white photograph, 1900s
Entry/Object ID
2021.10.2
Description
Dat So La Lee (Louisa Keyser) black and white photograph, 1900s. Framed.
Dat So La Lee lived with Abe and Amy Cohn of Carson City, Nevada from 1895 until her death in 1925 (she was 96). While living with the Cohn's, Dat So La Lee made baskets to be sold.
LK 1 was recorded as Dat So La Lee's first basket in the record Amy Cohn created.
This picture of Dat So La Lee, circa 1900, shows LK 1 on the far right.
This donated basket is believed to be the missing 143/4280 Dat So La Lee basket.
Collection
NATIVE AMERICAN
Made/Created
Date made
1900
Lexicon
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Basket making
Search Terms
Dat So La Lee, Basket Maker, Native American, Native American History, Native American Designs
Legacy Lexicon
Object Name
Photograph, Framed
Dimensions
Width
10-1/2 in
Length
11-3/4 in
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
Maintenance
Maintenance History
Date
Apr 21, 2021
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Dat So La Lee
Person or Organization
Louisa Keyser
Person or Organization
Harry L. George Collection
Person or Organization
Abe Cohn
Person or Organization
Amy Cohn
Related Entries
Notes
143/4280, 2021.10.1, 2021.10.3, 2021.10.4 A-E
Provenance
Notes
Harry George purchased LK 1 from Mrs. J. Frohman in 1904. Mrs. Frohman is believed to have acquired the basket from W. E. Casson. After Harry George passed in 1923, his collection was loaned to the Missouri Resources Museum in Jefferson City, Missouri, where it was inventoried and cataloged. At that time the basket was given the number 4280. The collection was brought back to St. Joseph, MO in 1944 and became a permanent part of the St. Joseph Museum in 1946. It was purchased by the Goetz family and donated to the museum and given an official accession number of 143. At some point the basket was seperated from the Harry George Collection and its location was unknown. Through extensive research Dr. Robert Corder, with the help of Jerome Evans, were able to track down the missing basket. The basket was located in 2020 in the collection of Dr. Alan Blaugrund, who had owned it for over 25 years. The basket was authenticated by Dr. Marvin Cohodas in 1995. The basket was purchased, and then donated to the St. Joseph Museum, in 2021 by Dr. Robert Corderin honor of Lorna Belle (Ecclefield) Corder.
