Basket

Museum number:
2-30856
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1476
Description:
Unfinished spruce, root basket showing method of imbrication, using wild cherry bark (brown) and bear grass (white) as imbrication elements for decoration.
Donor:
American Indian Film Project
Collection place:
Concrete, Skagit, Skagit County
Verbatim coll. place:
Washington; Skagit; Concrete
Culture or time period:
Coast Salish
Maker or artist:
Mrs. Campbell
Collector:
American Indian Film Project and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1961
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
7 meters and height 1.25 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-30856, described as Unfinished spruce, root basket showing method of imbrication, using wild cherry bark (brown) and bear grass (white) as imbrication elements for decoration.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-30856, described as Unfinished spruce, root basket showing method of imbrication, using wild cherry bark (brown) and bear grass (white) as imbrication elements for decoration.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-30856, described as Unfinished spruce, root basket showing method of imbrication, using wild cherry bark (brown) and bear grass (white) as imbrication elements for decoration.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-30856, described as Unfinished spruce, root basket showing method of imbrication, using wild cherry bark (brown) and bear grass (white) as imbrication elements for decoration.

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