Basket with lid

Museum number:
2-21367a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1012
Description:
Hobby basket of coiled raffia material; a) bowl shaped base with black-outlined red rectangles around outside, irregular diamonds on base, rim diameter 23 cm; b) lid, with black outlined red irregular diamonds, rim diameter 24 cm
Donor:
Margaret Mason Whitney
Collection place:
United States
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
Margaret Mason Whitney
Collection date:
Circa 1905
Materials:
Raffia (fiber)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1950
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-21367a,b, described as Hobby basket of coiled raffia material; a) bowl shaped base with black-outlined red rectangles around outside, irregular diamonds on base, rim diameter 23 cm; b) lid, with black outlined red irregular diamonds, rim diameter 24 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-21367a,b, described as Hobby basket of coiled raffia material; a) bowl shaped base with black-outlined red rectangles around outside, irregular diamonds on base, rim diameter 23 cm; b) lid, with black outlined red irregular diamonds, rim diameter 24 cmDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-21367a,b, described as Hobby basket of coiled raffia material; a) bowl shaped base with black-outlined red rectangles around outside, irregular diamonds on base, rim diameter 23 cm; b) lid, with black outlined red irregular diamonds, rim diameter 24 cm

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