Basket

Museum number:
2-73345
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
9 and TEMP 2018.768 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.2728
Description:
Deep, straight-sided basket woven out of plant fibers in large, chunky weave. Darker brown fibers used to make a backward 'L' shaped pattern.
Donor:
Bill Reed Adams, Ira Carlton Adams, Jeffrey Carlton Adams, and Rosemary Jeffreys Adams
Collection place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Tohono O'odham
Collector:
Ira Carlton Adams
Materials:
Plant fiber
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 9 centimeters, width 16 centimeters, depth 5 millimeters, and height 16.5 centimeters
Comment:
Two notes found with the baskets (TEMP 2018.768-773): "These are baskets used for training purposes. Not to be photo'd, packed, etc." and "Native American Teaching Kit A".
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-73345, described as Deep, straight-sided basket woven out of plant fibers in large, chunky weave. Darker brown fibers used to make a backward 'L' shaped pattern.

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