Basket

Museum number:
2-2316
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020002316
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Birchbark. Oval shaped rim; rectangular shaped at base; rim decorated with 2 rows of checkerboard weave.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Upper Yukon River, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
; Upper Yukon
Culture or time period:
Northern Athapaskan tribes
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 4.5 inches and width 5 inches
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-2316, described as Birchbark. Oval shaped rim; rectangular shaped at base; rim decorated with 2 rows of checkerboard weave.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-2316, described as Birchbark. Oval shaped rim; rectangular shaped at base; rim decorated with 2 rows of checkerboard weave.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-2316, described as Birchbark. Oval shaped rim; rectangular shaped at base; rim decorated with 2 rows of checkerboard weave.

Tools