Dat So La Lee Basket, 1895

Object/Artifact

St. Joseph Museums

Dat So La Lee Basket

Name/Title

Dat So La Lee Basket, 1895

Entry/Object ID

2021.10.1

Description

Dat So La Lee Basket, 1895. Basket made by Dat So La Lee (also known as Louisa Keyser). This basket was authenticated in 1995 by Dr. Marvin Cohodas as the LK 1, which was the first recorded in a ledger created by Amy Cohn. This basket has been called the Flowering Streams, LK 1, Snake Dancers, and 143/4280. 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 Corder in honor of Lorna Belle (Ecclefield) Corder.

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Date made

1895

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Basket

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Basket making

Search Terms

Dat So La Lee, Basket Maker, Native American, Native American Designs, Native American History

Dimensions

Height

5-1/4 in

Diameter

6-1/4 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

Dr. Marvin Cohodas

Person or Organization

Amy Cohn

Person or Organization

Abe Cohn

Person or Organization

Harry L. George Collection

Person or Organization

J. Frohman

Person or Organization

W. E. Casson

Person or Organization

Goetz

Person or Organization

Dr. Robert and Karen Corder

Person or Organization

Dr. Alan Blaugrund

Related Entries

Notes

143/4280, 2021.10.2, 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.