Case

Museum number:
2-19174a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210219174a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
With cover. Grass, twined, silk false embroidery. Natural ground; red, dark and light blue decoration.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
George Davidson
Collection date:
1867
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1945
Context of use:
Commercial item" (fide Lydia Black, 1982).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
14.5 inches, width 9 centimeters, 15 centimeters, and width 9.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Case, accession number 2-19174a,b, described as With cover. Grass, twined, silk false embroidery. Natural ground; red, dark and light blue decoration.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Case, accession number 2-19174a,b, described as With cover. Grass, twined, silk false embroidery. Natural ground; red, dark and light blue decoration.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Case, accession number 2-19174a,b, described as With cover. Grass, twined, silk false embroidery. Natural ground; red, dark and light blue decoration.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Case, accession number 2-19174a,b, described as With cover. Grass, twined, silk false embroidery. Natural ground; red, dark and light blue decoration.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Case, accession number 2-19174a,b, described as With cover. Grass, twined, silk false embroidery. Natural ground; red, dark and light blue decoration.

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