Basket and lid

Museum number:
2-68534a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210268534a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4222
Description:
(a) Small wrap-twined basket. Dyed purple and pink diamond band design around side, also 2 rows of red at bottom of side, bottom of basket has alternating pink and natural colored wrapping material. (b) Lid, very faded, center has swirl of green red and yellow; bottom edge has 2 rows of dyed red.
Donor:
Mary Rosamond Haas
Collection place:
Port Renfrew, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Vancouver Island; Port Renfrew
Culture or time period:
Nitinat
Collector:
Mary Rosamond Haas
Collection date:
1930-1939
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Context of use:
Souvenir basket probably made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(b)— height 1.5 centimeters, (b)— diameter 9.3 centimeters, (a)— height 6.9 centimeters, and (a)— diameter 8.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-68534a,b, described as (a) Small wrap-twined basket. Dyed purple and pink diamond band design around side, also 2 rows of red at bottom of side, bottom of basket has alternating pink and natural colored wrapping material. (b) Lid, very faded, center has swirl of green red and yellow; bottom edge has 2 rows of dyed red.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-68534a,b, described as (a) Small wrap-twined basket. Dyed purple and pink diamond band design around side, also 2 rows of red at bottom of side, bottom of basket has alternating pink and natural colored wrapping material. (b) Lid, very faded, center has swirl of green red and yellow; bottom edge has 2 rows of dyed red.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-68534a,b, described as (a) Small wrap-twined basket. Dyed purple and pink diamond band design around side, also 2 rows of red at bottom of side, bottom of basket has alternating pink and natural colored wrapping material. (b) Lid, very faded, center has swirl of green red and yellow; bottom edge has 2 rows of dyed red.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-68534a,b, described as (a) Small wrap-twined basket. Dyed purple and pink diamond band design around side, also 2 rows of red at bottom of side, bottom of basket has alternating pink and natural colored wrapping material. (b) Lid, very faded, center has swirl of green red and yellow; bottom edge has 2 rows of dyed red.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-68534a,b, described as (a) Small wrap-twined basket. Dyed purple and pink diamond band design around side, also 2 rows of red at bottom of side, bottom of basket has alternating pink and natural colored wrapping material. (b) Lid, very faded, center has swirl of green red and yellow; bottom edge has 2 rows of dyed red.

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