Basket

Museum number:
2-61589
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020061589
Accession number:
Acc.3323
Description:
Oval; coiled willow with reddish brown rectangles; poor condition.
Donor:
Virginia Vail
Collection place:
Wind River Reservation, Wind River, Wind River County
Verbatim coll. place:
Wyoming; Wind River Reservation
Culture or time period:
Bannock
Collector:
James K. Moore Sr.
Collection date:
ca. 1900
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 20 centimeters, height 16.5 centimeters, and width 23.5 centimeters
Comment:
"Made by old Indian couple. The woman gathered the willow which she split with her teeth. The man wove the baskets."
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Basket, accession number 2-61589, described as Oval; coiled willow with reddish brown rectangles; poor condition.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Basket, accession number 2-61589, described as Oval; coiled willow with reddish brown rectangles; poor condition.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Basket, accession number 2-61589, described as Oval; coiled willow with reddish brown rectangles; poor condition.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Basket, accession number 2-61589, described as Oval; coiled willow with reddish brown rectangles; poor condition.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-61589, described as Oval; coiled willow with reddish brown rectangles; poor condition.

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