Basket and lid

Museum number:
2-71655a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210271655a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4542
Description:
Cylindrical lidded. Dark brown and red painted wefts define 6 registars. 4 center registars have red, off white, and orange step triangles in yarn. Lid has same pattern. Large knob has red, orange, and gray flower. Large torn areas where sides meet bottom and on lid. Made of spruce root. Open twined, with false embroidery, twined rim.
Donor:
Burch Family
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
Mary C. Burch
Collection date:
Before 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
August 19, 1991
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 24 centimeters, 31 centimeters, and 31 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-71655a,b, described as Cylindrical lidded. Dark brown and red painted wefts define 6 registars. 4 center registars have red, off white, and orange step triangles in yarn. Lid has same pattern. Large knob has red, orange, and gray flower. Large torn areas where sides meet bottom and on lid. Made of spruce root. Open twined, with false embroidery, twined rim.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-71655a,b, described as Cylindrical lidded. Dark brown and red painted wefts define 6 registars. 4 center registars have red, off white, and orange step triangles in yarn. Lid has same pattern. Large knob has red, orange, and gray flower. Large torn areas where sides meet bottom and on lid. Made of spruce root. Open twined, with false embroidery, twined rim.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-71655a,b, described as Cylindrical lidded. Dark brown and red painted wefts define 6 registars. 4 center registars have red, off white, and orange step triangles in yarn. Lid has same pattern. Large knob has red, orange, and gray flower. Large torn areas where sides meet bottom and on lid. Made of spruce root. Open twined, with false embroidery, twined rim.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-71655a,b, described as Cylindrical lidded. Dark brown and red painted wefts define 6 registars. 4 center registars have red, off white, and orange step triangles in yarn. Lid has same pattern. Large knob has red, orange, and gray flower. Large torn areas where sides meet bottom and on lid. Made of spruce root. Open twined, with false embroidery, twined rim.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-71655a,b, described as Cylindrical lidded. Dark brown and red painted wefts define 6 registars. 4 center registars have red, off white, and orange step triangles in yarn. Lid has same pattern. Large knob has red, orange, and gray flower. Large torn areas where sides meet bottom and on lid. Made of spruce root. Open twined, with false embroidery, twined rim.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-71655a,b, described as Cylindrical lidded. Dark brown and red painted wefts define 6 registars. 4 center registars have red, off white, and orange step triangles in yarn. Lid has same pattern. Large knob has red, orange, and gray flower. Large torn areas where sides meet bottom and on lid. Made of spruce root. Open twined, with false embroidery, twined rim.

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