Gathering basket

Museum number:
2-57871
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Accession number:
Acc.3064
Description:
Cylindrical, plain twining with 2 design bands of sawtooth designs in columns back-to-back; black-dyed corn husk designs on straw-colored ground; rush cordage warp and weft.
Donor:
Mrs. William H. Bird Sr. and William H. Bird Sr.
Collection place:
Columbia River, Oregon and Washington
Verbatim coll. place:
; Columbia River
Culture or time period:
Wasco
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
Principally used to gather camus lily (Nymphaea polysepala).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 14.5 centimeters and diameter 10 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Gathering basket, accession number 2-57871, described as Cylindrical, plain twining with 2 design bands of sawtooth designs in columns back-to-back; black-dyed corn husk designs on straw-colored ground; rush cordage warp and weft.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Gathering basket, accession number 2-57871, described as Cylindrical, plain twining with 2 design bands of sawtooth designs in columns back-to-back; black-dyed corn husk designs on straw-colored ground; rush cordage warp and weft.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gathering basket, accession number 2-57871, described as Cylindrical, plain twining with 2 design bands of sawtooth designs in columns back-to-back; black-dyed corn husk designs on straw-colored ground; rush cordage warp and weft.

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