Basket and lid

Museum number:
2-57884a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210257884a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3080
Description:
Round, spiral lattice binding. a) Basket: scene showing whale swallowing two men in canoe and whale being harpooned by two men in canoe; purple, green, red, and orange on straw-colored ground. b) Lid, with 2 purple bird-like figures, 2 abstract red figures, straw-colored ground.
Donor:
University Appropriation and Viki Tamaradze
Collection place:
Saanich Reserve, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Vancouver Island; Saanich Reserve
Culture or time period:
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)
Maker or artist:
Lucy Bill
Collector:
Viki Tamaradze
Collection date:
1973
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Production date:
1973
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
Tourist novelty.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
a)— diameter 14 centimeters, b)— diameter 15 centimeters, and a)— height 8.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-57884a,b, described as Round, spiral lattice binding. a) Basket: scene showing whale swallowing two men in canoe and whale being harpooned by two men in canoe; purple, green, red, and orange on straw-colored ground. b) Lid, with 2 purple bird-like figures, 2 abstract red figures, straw-colored ground.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-57884a,b, described as Round, spiral lattice binding. a) Basket: scene showing whale swallowing two men in canoe and whale being harpooned by two men in canoe; purple, green, red, and orange on straw-colored ground. b) Lid, with 2 purple bird-like figures, 2 abstract red figures, straw-colored ground.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-57884a,b, described as Round, spiral lattice binding. a) Basket: scene showing whale swallowing two men in canoe and whale being harpooned by two men in canoe; purple, green, red, and orange on straw-colored ground. b) Lid, with 2 purple bird-like figures, 2 abstract red figures, straw-colored ground.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-57884a,b, described as Round, spiral lattice binding. a) Basket: scene showing whale swallowing two men in canoe and whale being harpooned by two men in canoe; purple, green, red, and orange on straw-colored ground. b) Lid, with 2 purple bird-like figures, 2 abstract red figures, straw-colored ground.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-57884a,b, described as Round, spiral lattice binding. a) Basket: scene showing whale swallowing two men in canoe and whale being harpooned by two men in canoe; purple, green, red, and orange on straw-colored ground. b) Lid, with 2 purple bird-like figures, 2 abstract red figures, straw-colored ground.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-57884a,b, described as Round, spiral lattice binding. a) Basket: scene showing whale swallowing two men in canoe and whale being harpooned by two men in canoe; purple, green, red, and orange on straw-colored ground. b) Lid, with 2 purple bird-like figures, 2 abstract red figures, straw-colored ground.

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