Basket

Museum number:
2-69177a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210269177a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4339
Description:
(a) Basket, round with flat base, design of flaring triangular shapes in dark brown alternating with crosses in pale orange, on natural ground. (b) Lid has raised center section enclosing dried material for a rattle. Spruce root, plain twined, white grass, dyed, maidenhair fern, false embroidery. Tag inside basket from Hudson Bay Fur Co. has written description of basket; see accession envelope.
Donor:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
Grandmother of Mrs. Georgia Scott Lind and Hudson Bay Fur Company, Seattle
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
July 11, 1988
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— diameter 15 centimeters, (b)— diameter 15.2 centimeters, and (a)— height 8.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-69177a,b, described as (a) Basket, round with flat base, design of flaring triangular shapes in dark brown alternating with crosses in pale orange, on natural ground. (b) Lid has raised center section enclosing dried material for a rattle. Spruce root, plain twined, white grass, dyed, maidenhair fern, false embroidery. Tag inside basket from Hudson Bay Fur Co. has written description of basket; see accession envelope.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-69177a,b, described as (a) Basket, round with flat base, design of flaring triangular shapes in dark brown alternating with crosses in pale orange, on natural ground. (b) Lid has raised center section enclosing dried material for a rattle. Spruce root, plain twined, white grass, dyed, maidenhair fern, false embroidery. Tag inside basket from Hudson Bay Fur Co. has written description of basket; see accession envelope.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-69177a,b, described as (a) Basket, round with flat base, design of flaring triangular shapes in dark brown alternating with crosses in pale orange, on natural ground. (b) Lid has raised center section enclosing dried material for a rattle. Spruce root, plain twined, white grass, dyed, maidenhair fern, false embroidery. Tag inside basket from Hudson Bay Fur Co. has written description of basket; see accession envelope.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-69177a,b, described as (a) Basket, round with flat base, design of flaring triangular shapes in dark brown alternating with crosses in pale orange, on natural ground. (b) Lid has raised center section enclosing dried material for a rattle. Spruce root, plain twined, white grass, dyed, maidenhair fern, false embroidery. Tag inside basket from Hudson Bay Fur Co. has written description of basket; see accession envelope.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-69177a,b, described as (a) Basket, round with flat base, design of flaring triangular shapes in dark brown alternating with crosses in pale orange, on natural ground. (b) Lid has raised center section enclosing dried material for a rattle. Spruce root, plain twined, white grass, dyed, maidenhair fern, false embroidery. Tag inside basket from Hudson Bay Fur Co. has written description of basket; see accession envelope.

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