Basket

Museum number:
2-68531a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210268531a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4222
Description:
(a) Round, coiled pine needle basket. Center, where basket starts, is dark pine needles, rest is straw colored; 2 designs of 5 squares in cross pattern at opposite sides of basket, center squares are orange, rest is dark green; also 2 upside down pyramid-like designs on opposite sides of basket using same colors. (b) Lid. Has knob handle which was coiled with orange fiber, edge coiled with light green fiber; 2 cross designs on lid, colors reverse from others; lid has... (continued in Comments)
Donor:
Mary Rosamond Haas
Collection place:
Kinder, Allen Parish, Louisiana
Verbatim coll. place:
Louisiana; Allen; Kinder
Culture or time period:
Koasati
Collector:
Mary Rosamond Haas
Collection date:
1930-1939
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Context of use:
Probably for sale to whites.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(b)— diameter 13.7 centimeters, (a)— diameter 12.8 centimeters, and (a)— height 7 centimeters
Comment:
(continued from Description) ...raised edge for tight fit into basket. Context of use: Made same as white ladies' hobby basket.
Loans:
S2008-2009 #9a: SFO Museum (February 11, 2009–January 11, 2010)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 9 titled Basket, accession number 2-68531a,b, described as (a) Round, coiled pine needle basket. Center, where basket starts, is dark pine needles, rest is straw colored; 2 designs of 5 squares in cross pattern at opposite sides of basket, center squares are orange, rest is dark green; also 2 upside down pyramid-like designs on opposite sides of basket using same colors. (b) Lid. Has knob handle which was coiled with orange fiber, edge coiled with light green fiber; 2 cross designs on lid, colors reverse from others; lid has... (continued in Comments)Hearst Museum object 2 of 9 titled Basket, accession number 2-68531a,b, described as (a) Round, coiled pine needle basket. Center, where basket starts, is dark pine needles, rest is straw colored; 2 designs of 5 squares in cross pattern at opposite sides of basket, center squares are orange, rest is dark green; also 2 upside down pyramid-like designs on opposite sides of basket using same colors. (b) Lid. Has knob handle which was coiled with orange fiber, edge coiled with light green fiber; 2 cross designs on lid, colors reverse from others; lid has... (continued in Comments)Hearst Museum object 3 of 9 titled Basket, accession number 2-68531a,b, described as (a) Round, coiled pine needle basket. Center, where basket starts, is dark pine needles, rest is straw colored; 2 designs of 5 squares in cross pattern at opposite sides of basket, center squares are orange, rest is dark green; also 2 upside down pyramid-like designs on opposite sides of basket using same colors. (b) Lid. Has knob handle which was coiled with orange fiber, edge coiled with light green fiber; 2 cross designs on lid, colors reverse from others; lid has... (continued in Comments)Hearst Museum object 4 of 9 titled Basket, accession number 2-68531a,b, described as (a) Round, coiled pine needle basket. Center, where basket starts, is dark pine needles, rest is straw colored; 2 designs of 5 squares in cross pattern at opposite sides of basket, center squares are orange, rest is dark green; also 2 upside down pyramid-like designs on opposite sides of basket using same colors. (b) Lid. Has knob handle which was coiled with orange fiber, edge coiled with light green fiber; 2 cross designs on lid, colors reverse from others; lid has... (continued in Comments)Hearst Museum object 5 of 9 titled Basket, accession number 2-68531a,b, described as (a) Round, coiled pine needle basket. Center, where basket starts, is dark pine needles, rest is straw colored; 2 designs of 5 squares in cross pattern at opposite sides of basket, center squares are orange, rest is dark green; also 2 upside down pyramid-like designs on opposite sides of basket using same colors. (b) Lid. Has knob handle which was coiled with orange fiber, edge coiled with light green fiber; 2 cross designs on lid, colors reverse from others; lid has... (continued in Comments)Hearst Museum object 6 of 9 titled Basket, accession number 2-68531a,b, described as (a) Round, coiled pine needle basket. Center, where basket starts, is dark pine needles, rest is straw colored; 2 designs of 5 squares in cross pattern at opposite sides of basket, center squares are orange, rest is dark green; also 2 upside down pyramid-like designs on opposite sides of basket using same colors. (b) Lid. Has knob handle which was coiled with orange fiber, edge coiled with light green fiber; 2 cross designs on lid, colors reverse from others; lid has... (continued in Comments)Hearst Museum object 7 of 9 titled Basket, accession number 2-68531a,b, described as (a) Round, coiled pine needle basket. Center, where basket starts, is dark pine needles, rest is straw colored; 2 designs of 5 squares in cross pattern at opposite sides of basket, center squares are orange, rest is dark green; also 2 upside down pyramid-like designs on opposite sides of basket using same colors. (b) Lid. Has knob handle which was coiled with orange fiber, edge coiled with light green fiber; 2 cross designs on lid, colors reverse from others; lid has... (continued in Comments)Hearst Museum object 8 of 9 titled Basket, accession number 2-68531a,b, described as (a) Round, coiled pine needle basket. Center, where basket starts, is dark pine needles, rest is straw colored; 2 designs of 5 squares in cross pattern at opposite sides of basket, center squares are orange, rest is dark green; also 2 upside down pyramid-like designs on opposite sides of basket using same colors. (b) Lid. Has knob handle which was coiled with orange fiber, edge coiled with light green fiber; 2 cross designs on lid, colors reverse from others; lid has... (continued in Comments)Hearst Museum object 9 of 9 titled Basket, accession number 2-68531a,b, described as (a) Round, coiled pine needle basket. Center, where basket starts, is dark pine needles, rest is straw colored; 2 designs of 5 squares in cross pattern at opposite sides of basket, center squares are orange, rest is dark green; also 2 upside down pyramid-like designs on opposite sides of basket using same colors. (b) Lid. Has knob handle which was coiled with orange fiber, edge coiled with light green fiber; 2 cross designs on lid, colors reverse from others; lid has... (continued in Comments)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68531a,b, described as (a) Round, coiled pine needle basket. Center, where basket starts, is dark pine needles, rest is straw colored; 2 designs of 5 squares in cross pattern at opposite sides of basket, center squares are orange, rest is dark green; also 2 upside down pyramid-like designs on opposite sides of basket using same colors. (b) Lid. Has knob handle which was coiled with orange fiber, edge coiled with light green fiber; 2 cross designs on lid, colors reverse from others; lid has... (continued in Comments)

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