Basket

Museum number:
2-68485
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
75 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4195
Description:
Round with flat base of twill plaited cedar bark and plain twined tule; design created by bands of cedar bark warp and weft plaiting alternating with bands of cedar bark warp and tule weft, twined, wider center section has white grass wrapped twined with design of ducks in green and canoes in purple; stiff, raffia-wrapped loops encircle rim.
Donor:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection place:
British Columbia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)
Collector:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers), Plaited weaving, and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
December 19, 1986
Context of use:
Made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 20 centimeters and height 12 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Basket, accession number 2-68485, described as Round with flat base of twill plaited cedar bark and plain twined tule; design created by bands of cedar bark warp and weft plaiting alternating with bands of cedar bark warp and tule weft, twined, wider center section has white grass wrapped twined with design of ducks in green and canoes in purple; stiff, raffia-wrapped loops encircle rim.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Basket, accession number 2-68485, described as Round with flat base of twill plaited cedar bark and plain twined tule; design created by bands of cedar bark warp and weft plaiting alternating with bands of cedar bark warp and tule weft, twined, wider center section has white grass wrapped twined with design of ducks in green and canoes in purple; stiff, raffia-wrapped loops encircle rim.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Basket, accession number 2-68485, described as Round with flat base of twill plaited cedar bark and plain twined tule; design created by bands of cedar bark warp and weft plaiting alternating with bands of cedar bark warp and tule weft, twined, wider center section has white grass wrapped twined with design of ducks in green and canoes in purple; stiff, raffia-wrapped loops encircle rim.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Basket, accession number 2-68485, described as Round with flat base of twill plaited cedar bark and plain twined tule; design created by bands of cedar bark warp and weft plaiting alternating with bands of cedar bark warp and tule weft, twined, wider center section has white grass wrapped twined with design of ducks in green and canoes in purple; stiff, raffia-wrapped loops encircle rim.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68485, described as Round with flat base of twill plaited cedar bark and plain twined tule; design created by bands of cedar bark warp and weft plaiting alternating with bands of cedar bark warp and tule weft, twined, wider center section has white grass wrapped twined with design of ducks in green and canoes in purple; stiff, raffia-wrapped loops encircle rim.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68485, described as Round with flat base of twill plaited cedar bark and plain twined tule; design created by bands of cedar bark warp and weft plaiting alternating with bands of cedar bark warp and tule weft, twined, wider center section has white grass wrapped twined with design of ducks in green and canoes in purple; stiff, raffia-wrapped loops encircle rim.

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