Basket

Museum number:
2-61804
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3290
Description:
Red cedar bark. Reddish brown with crossing diagonal design bands of red and gray. Checker plaited weaving technique; red cedar bark, some strands dyed. Outside faded. Poor condition: corners worn and torn, large tear on side. Some mending.
Donor:
Anne Protopopoff
Collection place:
British Columbia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia
Culture or time period:
Northwest Coastal People
Collector:
Mrs. George A. Hooper
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 29 centimeters and height 21 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: One corner mended with mullberry bark paper patch; side tear partially mended. Mending in progress.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Basket, accession number 2-61804, described as Red cedar bark. Reddish brown with crossing diagonal design bands of red and gray. Checker plaited weaving technique; red cedar bark, some strands dyed. Outside faded. Poor condition: corners worn and torn, large tear on side. Some mending.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Basket, accession number 2-61804, described as Red cedar bark. Reddish brown with crossing diagonal design bands of red and gray. Checker plaited weaving technique; red cedar bark, some strands dyed. Outside faded. Poor condition: corners worn and torn, large tear on side. Some mending.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Basket, accession number 2-61804, described as Red cedar bark. Reddish brown with crossing diagonal design bands of red and gray. Checker plaited weaving technique; red cedar bark, some strands dyed. Outside faded. Poor condition: corners worn and torn, large tear on side. Some mending.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Basket, accession number 2-61804, described as Red cedar bark. Reddish brown with crossing diagonal design bands of red and gray. Checker plaited weaving technique; red cedar bark, some strands dyed. Outside faded. Poor condition: corners worn and torn, large tear on side. Some mending.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Basket, accession number 2-61804, described as Red cedar bark. Reddish brown with crossing diagonal design bands of red and gray. Checker plaited weaving technique; red cedar bark, some strands dyed. Outside faded. Poor condition: corners worn and torn, large tear on side. Some mending.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Basket, accession number 2-61804, described as Red cedar bark. Reddish brown with crossing diagonal design bands of red and gray. Checker plaited weaving technique; red cedar bark, some strands dyed. Outside faded. Poor condition: corners worn and torn, large tear on side. Some mending.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-61804, described as Red cedar bark. Reddish brown with crossing diagonal design bands of red and gray. Checker plaited weaving technique; red cedar bark, some strands dyed. Outside faded. Poor condition: corners worn and torn, large tear on side. Some mending.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-61804, described as Red cedar bark. Reddish brown with crossing diagonal design bands of red and gray. Checker plaited weaving technique; red cedar bark, some strands dyed. Outside faded. Poor condition: corners worn and torn, large tear on side. Some mending.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-61804, described as Red cedar bark. Reddish brown with crossing diagonal design bands of red and gray. Checker plaited weaving technique; red cedar bark, some strands dyed. Outside faded. Poor condition: corners worn and torn, large tear on side. Some mending.

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