Basket

Museum number:
2-72554
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
EC-92 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4787
Description:
basket woven of cedar bark strips and bear grass. Base is typical squared cedar bark center surrounded by 8 rows of grass forming into a rounded square. Sides are of alternating bands of cedar bark, some died red or green, and w/ a woven band of grass at the center of the wall decorated with kayaks carrying fishermen and pairs of arrowheads.
Donor:
Elizabeth Colson
Collection place:
Olympic Peninsula, Western Washington
Culture or time period:
Makah
Collector:
Elizabeth Colson
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
September 9, 2011
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 21 centimeters and length 25 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-72554, described as basket woven of cedar bark strips and bear grass. Base is typical squared cedar bark center surrounded by 8 rows of grass forming into a rounded square. Sides are of alternating bands of cedar bark, some died red or green, and w/ a woven band of grass at the center of the wall decorated with kayaks carrying fishermen and pairs of arrowheads.

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