Dat So La Lee Basket Records from Alan Blaugrund

Name/Title

Dat So La Lee Basket Records from Alan Blaugrund

Entry/Object ID

2021.10.4 A-E

Scope and Content

Dat So La Lee Basket Records from Alan Blaugrund. Mr. Blaugrund was the owner of the basket before the donor bought it and donated it to the St. Joseph Museum. A: Abe Cohn record of ownership, photocopy. B: Description of basket, photocopy. C:Photograph of baskets in shop, photocopy. D: Photograph of displayed baskets, photocopy. E: Letter of authincenticity from Marvin Cohodas written on October 14, 1995. This donated basket is believed to be the missing 143/4280 Dat So La Lee basket.

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Certificate

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Baskets, Certificates, Basket making

Search Terms

Dat So La Lee, George, Harry, LK 1, Native American, Basket Maker

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

Amy Cohn

Person or Organization

Abe Cohn

Person or Organization

Alan Blaugrund

Person or Organization

Marvin Cohodas

Related Entries

Notes

143/4280, 2021.10.1, 2021.10.2, 2021.10.3

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.