Basket

Museum number:
2-29827
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1149
Description:
Small; beaded red, white, black. Per Ralph Shanks: Single rod coiled basket. Willow warps and wefts. The beading of the whole basket is prevalent in the Great Basin with the Paiute. The beads are attached to each other with thread and attached to the basket at the top coil.
Donor:
Harold Heath and Ida Shelley
Collection place:
Nevada
Culture or time period:
Paiute
Collector:
Harold Heath
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1954
Context of use:
Ceremonial basket.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-29827, described as Small; beaded red, white, black. Per Ralph Shanks: Single rod coiled basket. Willow warps and wefts. The beading of the whole basket is prevalent in the Great Basin with the Paiute. The beads are attached to each other with thread and attached to the basket at the top coil.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-29827, described as Small; beaded red, white, black. Per Ralph Shanks: Single rod coiled basket. Willow warps and wefts. The beading of the whole basket is prevalent in the Great Basin with the Paiute. The beads are attached to each other with thread and attached to the basket at the top coil.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-29827, described as Small; beaded red, white, black. Per Ralph Shanks: Single rod coiled basket. Willow warps and wefts. The beading of the whole basket is prevalent in the Great Basin with the Paiute. The beads are attached to each other with thread and attached to the basket at the top coil.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-29827, described as Small; beaded red, white, black. Per Ralph Shanks: Single rod coiled basket. Willow warps and wefts. The beading of the whole basket is prevalent in the Great Basin with the Paiute. The beads are attached to each other with thread and attached to the basket at the top coil.

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