Basket

Museum number:
1-4378
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010004378
Alternate number:
1625 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.135, Acc.136, Acc.137, and Acc.138
Description:
Thin sticks tied across two hoops to form a cylindrical basket.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Mojave Desert, Southeastern California
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1904
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Basket for carrying fish.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 72 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-4378, described as Thin sticks tied across two hoops to form a cylindrical basket.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-4378, described as Thin sticks tied across two hoops to form a cylindrical basket.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-4378, described as Thin sticks tied across two hoops to form a cylindrical basket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-4378, described as Thin sticks tied across two hoops to form a cylindrical basket.

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