Basket

Museum number:
2-71659
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020071659
Accession number:
Acc.4542
Description:
Spherical. All over decoration of embroidered 5 dot patterns in red and green. Each pattern is composed of 4 dots in a rectangle with a central dot of the opposite color. Patterns alternate between red and green. Decoration and weft stitches are worn in places. Basket is warped. Materials: "?, commercial yarn". Bundle coiled.
Donor:
Burch Family
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Mary C. Burch
Collection date:
Before 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
August 19, 1991
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
14.5 centimeters and height 22 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-71659, described as Spherical. All over decoration of embroidered 5 dot patterns in red and green. Each pattern is composed of 4 dots in a rectangle with a central dot of the opposite color. Patterns alternate between red and green. Decoration and weft stitches are worn in places. Basket is warped. Materials: "?, commercial yarn". Bundle coiled.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-71659, described as Spherical. All over decoration of embroidered 5 dot patterns in red and green. Each pattern is composed of 4 dots in a rectangle with a central dot of the opposite color. Patterns alternate between red and green. Decoration and weft stitches are worn in places. Basket is warped. Materials: "?, commercial yarn". Bundle coiled.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-71659, described as Spherical. All over decoration of embroidered 5 dot patterns in red and green. Each pattern is composed of 4 dots in a rectangle with a central dot of the opposite color. Patterns alternate between red and green. Decoration and weft stitches are worn in places. Basket is warped. Materials: "?, commercial yarn". Bundle coiled.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-71659, described as Spherical. All over decoration of embroidered 5 dot patterns in red and green. Each pattern is composed of 4 dots in a rectangle with a central dot of the opposite color. Patterns alternate between red and green. Decoration and weft stitches are worn in places. Basket is warped. Materials: "?, commercial yarn". Bundle coiled.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-71659, described as Spherical. All over decoration of embroidered 5 dot patterns in red and green. Each pattern is composed of 4 dots in a rectangle with a central dot of the opposite color. Patterns alternate between red and green. Decoration and weft stitches are worn in places. Basket is warped. Materials: "?, commercial yarn". Bundle coiled.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-71659, described as Spherical. All over decoration of embroidered 5 dot patterns in red and green. Each pattern is composed of 4 dots in a rectangle with a central dot of the opposite color. Patterns alternate between red and green. Decoration and weft stitches are worn in places. Basket is warped. Materials: "?, commercial yarn". Bundle coiled.

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