Basket

Museum number:
2-11
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
264 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.101
Description:
Twining in spruce root, wide false embroidery band below rim with zigzags in reddish brown and straw colors; small areas of false embroidery on body; 2 large repaired areas and 2 rawhide loops at rim. According to Molly Lee (1986) this is an extremely rare basket; designs show relationship to Northwest Coast Indians, but also to Aleuts; zigzag ("Terntail") equals Northwest Coast.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Chugach, Kodiak Eskimo, and Pacific Eskimo
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1850-1900
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903
Context of use:
Probably made for trade with westerners. (fide Molly Lee, 1986) According to Eskimo consultant Ronald W. Senungetuk (July 1987), NOT made for westerners.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 20 centimeters and diameter 29 centimeters
Comment:
References: Molly Lee, "Pacific Eskimo Spruce Root Baskets" in American Indian Art magazine, Spring 1981.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-11, described as Twining in spruce root, wide false embroidery band below rim with zigzags in reddish brown and straw colors; small areas of false embroidery on body; 2 large repaired areas and 2 rawhide loops at rim. According to Molly Lee (1986) this is an extremely rare basket; designs show relationship to Northwest Coast Indians, but also to Aleuts; zigzag ("Terntail") equals Northwest Coast.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-11, described as Twining in spruce root, wide false embroidery band below rim with zigzags in reddish brown and straw colors; small areas of false embroidery on body; 2 large repaired areas and 2 rawhide loops at rim. According to Molly Lee (1986) this is an extremely rare basket; designs show relationship to Northwest Coast Indians, but also to Aleuts; zigzag ("Terntail") equals Northwest Coast.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-11, described as Twining in spruce root, wide false embroidery band below rim with zigzags in reddish brown and straw colors; small areas of false embroidery on body; 2 large repaired areas and 2 rawhide loops at rim. According to Molly Lee (1986) this is an extremely rare basket; designs show relationship to Northwest Coast Indians, but also to Aleuts; zigzag ("Terntail") equals Northwest Coast.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-11, described as Twining in spruce root, wide false embroidery band below rim with zigzags in reddish brown and straw colors; small areas of false embroidery on body; 2 large repaired areas and 2 rawhide loops at rim. According to Molly Lee (1986) this is an extremely rare basket; designs show relationship to Northwest Coast Indians, but also to Aleuts; zigzag ("Terntail") equals Northwest Coast.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-11, described as Twining in spruce root, wide false embroidery band below rim with zigzags in reddish brown and straw colors; small areas of false embroidery on body; 2 large repaired areas and 2 rawhide loops at rim. According to Molly Lee (1986) this is an extremely rare basket; designs show relationship to Northwest Coast Indians, but also to Aleuts; zigzag ("Terntail") equals Northwest Coast.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-11, described as Twining in spruce root, wide false embroidery band below rim with zigzags in reddish brown and straw colors; small areas of false embroidery on body; 2 large repaired areas and 2 rawhide loops at rim. According to Molly Lee (1986) this is an extremely rare basket; designs show relationship to Northwest Coast Indians, but also to Aleuts; zigzag ("Terntail") equals Northwest Coast.

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