Basket

Museum number:
2-68520
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020068520
Accession number:
Acc.4222
Description:
Twill plaited, triangular. Made of split cane; colors used: dark orange, dark brown, and natural cane. Narrow rim opening. Body made to be cone-shaped.
Donor:
Mary Rosamond Haas
Collection place:
Charenton, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
Verbatim coll. place:
Louisiana; St. Mary; Charenton
Culture or time period:
Chitimacha
Collector:
Mary Rosamond Haas
Collection date:
1930-1939
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 11.1 centimeters and width 10.5 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: Made as a gift for collector following designs in Swanton's illustrations.
Loans:
S2008-2009 #9a: SFO Museum (February 11, 2009–January 11, 2010)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Basket, accession number 2-68520, described as Twill plaited, triangular. Made of split cane; colors used: dark orange, dark brown, and natural cane. Narrow rim opening. Body made to be cone-shaped.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Basket, accession number 2-68520, described as Twill plaited, triangular. Made of split cane; colors used: dark orange, dark brown, and natural cane. Narrow rim opening. Body made to be cone-shaped.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Basket, accession number 2-68520, described as Twill plaited, triangular. Made of split cane; colors used: dark orange, dark brown, and natural cane. Narrow rim opening. Body made to be cone-shaped.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Basket, accession number 2-68520, described as Twill plaited, triangular. Made of split cane; colors used: dark orange, dark brown, and natural cane. Narrow rim opening. Body made to be cone-shaped.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Basket, accession number 2-68520, described as Twill plaited, triangular. Made of split cane; colors used: dark orange, dark brown, and natural cane. Narrow rim opening. Body made to be cone-shaped.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Basket, accession number 2-68520, described as Twill plaited, triangular. Made of split cane; colors used: dark orange, dark brown, and natural cane. Narrow rim opening. Body made to be cone-shaped.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Basket, accession number 2-68520, described as Twill plaited, triangular. Made of split cane; colors used: dark orange, dark brown, and natural cane. Narrow rim opening. Body made to be cone-shaped.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Basket, accession number 2-68520, described as Twill plaited, triangular. Made of split cane; colors used: dark orange, dark brown, and natural cane. Narrow rim opening. Body made to be cone-shaped.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68520, described as Twill plaited, triangular. Made of split cane; colors used: dark orange, dark brown, and natural cane. Narrow rim opening. Body made to be cone-shaped.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68520, described as Twill plaited, triangular. Made of split cane; colors used: dark orange, dark brown, and natural cane. Narrow rim opening. Body made to be cone-shaped.

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