Basket

Museum number:
2-68467
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4048
Description:
Round with flat bottom, straight sides, wide band of false embroidery in linear design, faded red and yellow and dark brown; badly broken in upper area. Spruce root, grass stems, dyed, plain twined, wicker weave. Filled voids with pulp mixture, tinted fills with acrylic paint.
Donor:
Mrs. Lewis Summers
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
Clement M. Summers
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 15.5 centimeters and diameter 19 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: Cleaned with light vacuuming and hand brushing, blocked with steam, filled voids with pulp mixture, tinted fills with acrylic paint. See report in accession envelope. References: Emmons, G.T. "The Basketry of the Tlingit", Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. III, July, 1903.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-68467, described as Round with flat bottom, straight sides, wide band of false embroidery in linear design, faded red and yellow and dark brown; badly broken in upper area. Spruce root, grass stems, dyed, plain twined, wicker weave. Filled voids with pulp mixture, tinted fills with acrylic paint.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-68467, described as Round with flat bottom, straight sides, wide band of false embroidery in linear design, faded red and yellow and dark brown; badly broken in upper area. Spruce root, grass stems, dyed, plain twined, wicker weave. Filled voids with pulp mixture, tinted fills with acrylic paint.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68467, described as Round with flat bottom, straight sides, wide band of false embroidery in linear design, faded red and yellow and dark brown; badly broken in upper area. Spruce root, grass stems, dyed, plain twined, wicker weave. Filled voids with pulp mixture, tinted fills with acrylic paint.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68467, described as Round with flat bottom, straight sides, wide band of false embroidery in linear design, faded red and yellow and dark brown; badly broken in upper area. Spruce root, grass stems, dyed, plain twined, wicker weave. Filled voids with pulp mixture, tinted fills with acrylic paint.

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