Basket

Museum number:
2-51742
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020051742
Accession number:
Acc.2889
Description:
Lidded; made of birch-bark with porcupine quill decoration, floral design on lid in dyed colors.
Donor:
Elsa Leigh
Collection place:
Maine
Verbatim coll. place:
Maine
Culture or time period:
Eastern Woodland tribes
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Erethizon dorsatum
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Accession date:
September 6, 1972
Context of use:
Made as a novelty for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 8 centimeters and diameter 18 centimeters
Comment:
Made by: women.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-51742, described as Lidded; made of birch-bark with porcupine quill decoration, floral design on lid in dyed colors.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-51742, described as Lidded; made of birch-bark with porcupine quill decoration, floral design on lid in dyed colors.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-51742, described as Lidded; made of birch-bark with porcupine quill decoration, floral design on lid in dyed colors.

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