Basket

Museum number:
2-10849
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020010849
Accession number:
Acc.581
Description:
Round. Made of twined grass decorated with red and blue woolen yarn; plaited openwork rim.
Donor:
William A. Setchell
Collection place:
Iliuliuk, Unalaska Island, Fox Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Aleutian Islands; Iliu Luik
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
William A. Setchell
Collection date:
1922
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers), Plaited weaving, and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1922
Context of use:
May be Eastern fish basket according to Lydia Black, 1982.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 26 centimeters and height 20 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-10849, described as Round. Made of twined grass decorated with red and blue woolen yarn; plaited openwork rim.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-10849, described as Round. Made of twined grass decorated with red and blue woolen yarn; plaited openwork rim.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-10849, described as Round. Made of twined grass decorated with red and blue woolen yarn; plaited openwork rim.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-10849, described as Round. Made of twined grass decorated with red and blue woolen yarn; plaited openwork rim.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-10849, described as Round. Made of twined grass decorated with red and blue woolen yarn; plaited openwork rim.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-10849, described as Round. Made of twined grass decorated with red and blue woolen yarn; plaited openwork rim.

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