Basket with lid

Museum number:
2-45954a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210245954a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.2492 and Acc.4252
Description:
(a) Basket. Round with flat base. Circular design of ducks in red and purple stripes. "Makah, Alaska" printed in ink on bottom. (b) Lid has circular design in faded green, purple and yellow. Cedar bark warp and weft, plain twined, white grass, natural and dyed, wrap twined, base with plaited cedar bark and twill twined tule.
Donor:
Ashbrook Lincoln, Charles M. Keller, Don Crabtree, Francoise Bordes, John Desmond Clark, and Mrs. Ashbrook Lincoln
Collection place:
Washington state
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)
Collector:
Ashbrook Lincoln and Mrs. Ashbrook Lincoln
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Plaited weaving, and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— diameter 9.5 centimeters, (a)— height 6 centimeters, (b)— diameter 10.5 centimeters, and (b)— height 1.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-45954a,b, described as (a) Basket. Round with flat base. Circular design of ducks in red and purple stripes. "Makah, Alaska" printed in ink on bottom. (b) Lid has circular design in faded green, purple and yellow. Cedar bark warp and weft, plain twined, white grass, natural and dyed, wrap twined, base with plaited cedar bark and twill twined tule.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-45954a,b, described as (a) Basket. Round with flat base. Circular design of ducks in red and purple stripes. "Makah, Alaska" printed in ink on bottom. (b) Lid has circular design in faded green, purple and yellow. Cedar bark warp and weft, plain twined, white grass, natural and dyed, wrap twined, base with plaited cedar bark and twill twined tule.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-45954a,b, described as (a) Basket. Round with flat base. Circular design of ducks in red and purple stripes. "Makah, Alaska" printed in ink on bottom. (b) Lid has circular design in faded green, purple and yellow. Cedar bark warp and weft, plain twined, white grass, natural and dyed, wrap twined, base with plaited cedar bark and twill twined tule.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-45954a,b, described as (a) Basket. Round with flat base. Circular design of ducks in red and purple stripes. "Makah, Alaska" printed in ink on bottom. (b) Lid has circular design in faded green, purple and yellow. Cedar bark warp and weft, plain twined, white grass, natural and dyed, wrap twined, base with plaited cedar bark and twill twined tule.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-45954a,b, described as (a) Basket. Round with flat base. Circular design of ducks in red and purple stripes. "Makah, Alaska" printed in ink on bottom. (b) Lid has circular design in faded green, purple and yellow. Cedar bark warp and weft, plain twined, white grass, natural and dyed, wrap twined, base with plaited cedar bark and twill twined tule.

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