Basket

Museum number:
2-68517
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020068517
Accession number:
Acc.4222
Description:
Square plaited. Made of split cane. Rim is braided all the way around.
Donor:
Mary Rosamond Haas
Collection place:
Alexander, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Verbatim coll. place:
Louisiana; Alexander
Culture or time period:
Tunica
Collector:
Mary Rosamond Haas
Collection date:
1930-1939
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Context of use:
Winnowing basket. Used to separate seeds from shaft in winnowing process.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 50.6 centimeters and width 50.4 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-68517, described as Square plaited. Made of split cane. Rim is braided all the way around.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-68517, described as Square plaited. Made of split cane. Rim is braided all the way around.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68517, described as Square plaited. Made of split cane. Rim is braided all the way around.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68517, described as Square plaited. Made of split cane. Rim is braided all the way around.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68517, described as Square plaited. Made of split cane. Rim is braided all the way around.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68517, described as Square plaited. Made of split cane. Rim is braided all the way around.

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