Mat

Museum number:
2-36899
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
150 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Circular. Made of grass, twined. Silk false embroidery; crossed warp gauze; natural ground. Red, blue and green geometric designs.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Aleutian Islands
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
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:
1909
Context of use:
Doily or place mat, made for sale" (fide Lydia Black).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 22 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 2-36899, described as Circular. Made of grass, twined. Silk false embroidery; crossed warp gauze; natural ground. Red, blue and green geometric designs.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 2-36899, described as Circular. Made of grass, twined. Silk false embroidery; crossed warp gauze; natural ground. Red, blue and green geometric designs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 2-36899, described as Circular. Made of grass, twined. Silk false embroidery; crossed warp gauze; natural ground. Red, blue and green geometric designs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 2-36899, described as Circular. Made of grass, twined. Silk false embroidery; crossed warp gauze; natural ground. Red, blue and green geometric designs.

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