Basket with lid

Museum number:
2-58503a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3151
Description:
Basket with lid. (a) Rectangular coiled basket with imbricated designs: front and back have a large black, red, and yellow diamond with stepped figure in center, zigzag 3-color design on either side of diamond, 3-color diamond with central stepped design on both ends. 2 handles (damaged). (b) Cover; black/red imbricated designs.
Donor:
Craig Jessup
Collection place:
British Columbia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia
Culture or time period:
Thompson River tribes
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Context of use:
Storage basket.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— height 37 centimeters, (b)— length 66.8 centimeters, and (a)— length 71.5 centimeters
Comment:
References: H. Haeberlin, J. Teit, H. Roberts, "Coiled Basketry in British Columbia and Surrounding Region," pp. 207-08; fig. 31C.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-58503a,b, described as Basket with lid. (a) Rectangular coiled basket with imbricated designs: front and back have a large black, red, and yellow diamond with stepped figure in center, zigzag 3-color design on either side of diamond, 3-color diamond with central stepped design on both ends. 2 handles (damaged). (b) Cover; black/red imbricated designs.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-58503a,b, described as Basket with lid. (a) Rectangular coiled basket with imbricated designs: front and back have a large black, red, and yellow diamond with stepped figure in center, zigzag 3-color design on either side of diamond, 3-color diamond with central stepped design on both ends. 2 handles (damaged). (b) Cover; black/red imbricated designs.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-58503a,b, described as Basket with lid. (a) Rectangular coiled basket with imbricated designs: front and back have a large black, red, and yellow diamond with stepped figure in center, zigzag 3-color design on either side of diamond, 3-color diamond with central stepped design on both ends. 2 handles (damaged). (b) Cover; black/red imbricated designs.

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