Basket and lid

Museum number:
2-18137a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
a) Basket, coiled of grass, with (b) lid with knob, globular, geometric design using brown grass, blue cotton cloth and possibly birdskin dyed brown. Made using coiled grass, brown and natural colored grasses, blue commercial cotton cloth, and possibly birdskin dyed brown.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1934
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
To contain household articles or clothing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 10.5 centimeters and 22 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Nelson, Pl. LXXIV and pp. 202-5.
Loans:
S1982-1983 #43: SFO Museum (May 24, 1983–December 7, 1983) and S1986-1987 #28: SFO Museum (June 4, 1987–August 26, 1987)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-18137a,b, described as a) Basket, coiled of grass, with (b) lid with knob, globular, geometric design using brown grass, blue cotton cloth and possibly birdskin dyed brown. Made using coiled grass, brown and natural colored grasses, blue commercial cotton cloth, and possibly birdskin dyed brown.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-18137a,b, described as a) Basket, coiled of grass, with (b) lid with knob, globular, geometric design using brown grass, blue cotton cloth and possibly birdskin dyed brown. Made using coiled grass, brown and natural colored grasses, blue commercial cotton cloth, and possibly birdskin dyed brown.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-18137a,b, described as a) Basket, coiled of grass, with (b) lid with knob, globular, geometric design using brown grass, blue cotton cloth and possibly birdskin dyed brown. Made using coiled grass, brown and natural colored grasses, blue commercial cotton cloth, and possibly birdskin dyed brown.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-18137a,b, described as a) Basket, coiled of grass, with (b) lid with knob, globular, geometric design using brown grass, blue cotton cloth and possibly birdskin dyed brown. Made using coiled grass, brown and natural colored grasses, blue commercial cotton cloth, and possibly birdskin dyed brown.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-18137a,b, described as a) Basket, coiled of grass, with (b) lid with knob, globular, geometric design using brown grass, blue cotton cloth and possibly birdskin dyed brown. Made using coiled grass, brown and natural colored grasses, blue commercial cotton cloth, and possibly birdskin dyed brown.

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