Basket

Museum number:
2-68352
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4134
Description:
Waste basket, coiled cylinder; brown diagonals on golden-colored natural ground; bottom falling out, top frayed.
Donor:
Mollie Balamuth
Collection place:
Southern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Tohono O'odham
Collector:
Ronald Long
Collection date:
ca. 1916
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Wastepaper basket made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 26 centimeters and height 25.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-68352, described as Waste basket, coiled cylinder; brown diagonals on golden-colored natural ground; bottom falling out, top frayed.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-68352, described as Waste basket, coiled cylinder; brown diagonals on golden-colored natural ground; bottom falling out, top frayed.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68352, described as Waste basket, coiled cylinder; brown diagonals on golden-colored natural ground; bottom falling out, top frayed.

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