Basket

Museum number:
2-68529
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020068529
Accession number:
Acc.4222
Description:
Round mouthed, square bottomed; made of split cane. Orange and brown dyed split caned used to make geometrical designs around top of basket. 2 bottom corners damaged, rim also cracked in several places.
Donor:
Mary Rosamond Haas
Collection place:
Charenton, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
Verbatim coll. place:
Louisiana; St. Mary; Charenton
Culture or time period:
Chitimacha
Collector:
Mary Rosamond Haas
Collection date:
1930-1939
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
33 centimeters and diameter 28 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: Made as a gift for collector following designs in Swanton's illustrations.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-68529, described as Round mouthed, square bottomed; made of split cane. Orange and brown dyed split caned used to make geometrical designs around top of basket. 2 bottom corners damaged, rim also cracked in several places.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-68529, described as Round mouthed, square bottomed; made of split cane. Orange and brown dyed split caned used to make geometrical designs around top of basket. 2 bottom corners damaged, rim also cracked in several places.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68529, described as Round mouthed, square bottomed; made of split cane. Orange and brown dyed split caned used to make geometrical designs around top of basket. 2 bottom corners damaged, rim also cracked in several places.

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