Basket and lid

Museum number:
2-48497a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
90 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4296
Description:
Basket with lid. Round with flat base, incurving at shoulder, circular design of birds and squares in faded red and blue. Lid is conical shape with knob. Materials: coiled grass weft, natural and dyed, over grass bundle warp.
Donor:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
January 4, 1988
Context of use:
Made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 24.2 centimeters and diameter 19.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-48497a,b, described as Basket with lid. Round with flat base, incurving at shoulder, circular design of birds and squares in faded red and blue. Lid is conical shape with knob. Materials: coiled grass weft, natural and dyed, over grass bundle warp.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-48497a,b, described as Basket with lid. Round with flat base, incurving at shoulder, circular design of birds and squares in faded red and blue. Lid is conical shape with knob. Materials: coiled grass weft, natural and dyed, over grass bundle warp.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-48497a,b, described as Basket with lid. Round with flat base, incurving at shoulder, circular design of birds and squares in faded red and blue. Lid is conical shape with knob. Materials: coiled grass weft, natural and dyed, over grass bundle warp.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-48497a,b, described as Basket with lid. Round with flat base, incurving at shoulder, circular design of birds and squares in faded red and blue. Lid is conical shape with knob. Materials: coiled grass weft, natural and dyed, over grass bundle warp.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-48497a,b, described as Basket with lid. Round with flat base, incurving at shoulder, circular design of birds and squares in faded red and blue. Lid is conical shape with knob. Materials: coiled grass weft, natural and dyed, over grass bundle warp.

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