Basket with lid

Museum number:
2-36582
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3-14626 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1077
Description:
Small, coiled sweetgrass tied with black string. Birchbark lid decorated with dyed porcupine quills. Birchbark bottom. Twisted fiber handle.
Donor:
Mildred Clemens Lewis
Collection place:
Northeastern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northeast
Culture or time period:
Algonquin people
Collector:
Mildred Clemens Lewis
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Erethizon dorsatum
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1952
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 2.5 inches and diameter 3.5 inches
Comment:
Remarks: Identified by Isabel Kelly January 20, 1960. Transferred from cat. 3-14626.
Loans:
S2008-2009 #9a: SFO Museum (February 11, 2009–January 11, 2010)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-36582, described as Small, coiled sweetgrass tied with black string. Birchbark lid decorated with dyed porcupine quills. Birchbark bottom. Twisted fiber handle.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-36582, described as Small, coiled sweetgrass tied with black string. Birchbark lid decorated with dyed porcupine quills. Birchbark bottom. Twisted fiber handle.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-36582, described as Small, coiled sweetgrass tied with black string. Birchbark lid decorated with dyed porcupine quills. Birchbark bottom. Twisted fiber handle.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-36582, described as Small, coiled sweetgrass tied with black string. Birchbark lid decorated with dyed porcupine quills. Birchbark bottom. Twisted fiber handle.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-36582, described as Small, coiled sweetgrass tied with black string. Birchbark lid decorated with dyed porcupine quills. Birchbark bottom. Twisted fiber handle.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-36582, described as Small, coiled sweetgrass tied with black string. Birchbark lid decorated with dyed porcupine quills. Birchbark bottom. Twisted fiber handle.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-36582, described as Small, coiled sweetgrass tied with black string. Birchbark lid decorated with dyed porcupine quills. Birchbark bottom. Twisted fiber handle.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-36582, described as Small, coiled sweetgrass tied with black string. Birchbark lid decorated with dyed porcupine quills. Birchbark bottom. Twisted fiber handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-36582, described as Small, coiled sweetgrass tied with black string. Birchbark lid decorated with dyed porcupine quills. Birchbark bottom. Twisted fiber handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-36582, described as Small, coiled sweetgrass tied with black string. Birchbark lid decorated with dyed porcupine quills. Birchbark bottom. Twisted fiber handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-36582, described as Small, coiled sweetgrass tied with black string. Birchbark lid decorated with dyed porcupine quills. Birchbark bottom. Twisted fiber handle.

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