Basket

Museum number:
1-230666
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010230666
Alternate number:
39 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2563
Description:
Twined basket with inverted base. 3 areas of design are diagonal right-angle terraces and diagonal lines of triangles. Inverted base.
Donor:
Mr. W. W. Lyman, Sarah A. Lyman, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Mr. W. W. Lyman
Collection date:
1925
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Novelty.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 11 centimeters and diameter 17 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-230666, described as Twined basket with inverted base. 3 areas of design are diagonal right-angle terraces and diagonal lines of triangles. Inverted base.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-230666, described as Twined basket with inverted base. 3 areas of design are diagonal right-angle terraces and diagonal lines of triangles. Inverted base.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-230666, described as Twined basket with inverted base. 3 areas of design are diagonal right-angle terraces and diagonal lines of triangles. Inverted base.

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