Canoe shaped basket

Museum number:
2-14274
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.673
Description:
Deep and round; painted designs: totem poles, whales, boats; red band with "T" design at top; zigzag band at base. Poor condition. 2 handles. Alternating courses of twining and over and under weave; spruce root, commercial paint.
Donor:
Frederick J. Moller
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
Annie Moller
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1932
Context of use:
Possibly made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 29 centimeters and diameter 43 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Canoe shaped basket, accession number 2-14274, described as Deep and round; painted designs: totem poles, whales, boats; red band with "T" design at top; zigzag band at base. Poor condition. 2 handles. Alternating courses of twining and over and under weave; spruce root, commercial paint.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Canoe shaped basket, accession number 2-14274, described as Deep and round; painted designs: totem poles, whales, boats; red band with "T" design at top; zigzag band at base. Poor condition. 2 handles. Alternating courses of twining and over and under weave; spruce root, commercial paint.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Canoe shaped basket, accession number 2-14274, described as Deep and round; painted designs: totem poles, whales, boats; red band with "T" design at top; zigzag band at base. Poor condition. 2 handles. Alternating courses of twining and over and under weave; spruce root, commercial paint.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Canoe shaped basket, accession number 2-14274, described as Deep and round; painted designs: totem poles, whales, boats; red band with "T" design at top; zigzag band at base. Poor condition. 2 handles. Alternating courses of twining and over and under weave; spruce root, commercial paint.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Canoe shaped basket, accession number 2-14274, described as Deep and round; painted designs: totem poles, whales, boats; red band with "T" design at top; zigzag band at base. Poor condition. 2 handles. Alternating courses of twining and over and under weave; spruce root, commercial paint.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Canoe shaped basket, accession number 2-14274, described as Deep and round; painted designs: totem poles, whales, boats; red band with "T" design at top; zigzag band at base. Poor condition. 2 handles. Alternating courses of twining and over and under weave; spruce root, commercial paint.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Canoe shaped basket, accession number 2-14274, described as Deep and round; painted designs: totem poles, whales, boats; red band with "T" design at top; zigzag band at base. Poor condition. 2 handles. Alternating courses of twining and over and under weave; spruce root, commercial paint.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Canoe shaped basket, accession number 2-14274, described as Deep and round; painted designs: totem poles, whales, boats; red band with "T" design at top; zigzag band at base. Poor condition. 2 handles. Alternating courses of twining and over and under weave; spruce root, commercial paint.

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