Basket

Museum number:
2-48386
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1-64303 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.787
Description:
Hobby basket. Coiled with raffia wefts. Flat bottom with straight sides. Straw color with brown band below rim and on body.
Donor:
A. G. McFarland and Mrs. A. G. McFarland
Collection place:
United States
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collection date:
1900-1920
Materials:
Raffia (fiber)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1941
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 14 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-48386, described as Hobby basket. Coiled with raffia wefts. Flat bottom with straight sides. Straw color with brown band below rim and on body.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-48386, described as Hobby basket. Coiled with raffia wefts. Flat bottom with straight sides. Straw color with brown band below rim and on body.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-48386, described as Hobby basket. Coiled with raffia wefts. Flat bottom with straight sides. Straw color with brown band below rim and on body.

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