Miniature basket

Museum number:
2-6500
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006500
Alternate number:
x-2693 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Model basket, open-twined grass, conical shaped; with braided carrying string. For picking berries. See 2-4534.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea, Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
; North America
Culture or time period:
Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers), Miniature (size attribute), and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions and 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For picking berries.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 10.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Miniature basket, accession number 2-6500, described as Model basket, open-twined grass, conical shaped; with braided carrying string. For picking berries. See 2-4534.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Miniature basket, accession number 2-6500, described as Model basket, open-twined grass, conical shaped; with braided carrying string. For picking berries. See 2-4534.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature basket, accession number 2-6500, described as Model basket, open-twined grass, conical shaped; with braided carrying string. For picking berries. See 2-4534.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature basket, accession number 2-6500, described as Model basket, open-twined grass, conical shaped; with braided carrying string. For picking berries. See 2-4534.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature basket, accession number 2-6500, described as Model basket, open-twined grass, conical shaped; with braided carrying string. For picking berries. See 2-4534.

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