Basket

Museum number:
2-45959
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Alternate number:
3-7917 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Hobby basket, bowl shaped with slightly in-curving sides, flat base, brown right-angle designs on body, coiled single-rod foundation with raffia stitches. Made by non-Indian female hobbyist for recreation.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
United States
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection date:
Before 1943
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:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 26 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-45959, described as Hobby basket, bowl shaped with slightly in-curving sides, flat base, brown right-angle designs on body, coiled single-rod foundation with raffia stitches. Made by non-Indian female hobbyist for recreation.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-45959, described as Hobby basket, bowl shaped with slightly in-curving sides, flat base, brown right-angle designs on body, coiled single-rod foundation with raffia stitches. Made by non-Indian female hobbyist for recreation.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-45959, described as Hobby basket, bowl shaped with slightly in-curving sides, flat base, brown right-angle designs on body, coiled single-rod foundation with raffia stitches. Made by non-Indian female hobbyist for recreation.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-45959, described as Hobby basket, bowl shaped with slightly in-curving sides, flat base, brown right-angle designs on body, coiled single-rod foundation with raffia stitches. Made by non-Indian female hobbyist for recreation.

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