Basket

Museum number:
2-6499
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006499
Alternate number:
x-2692 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Used by women as toilet box.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household and 1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used by women for toiletries.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 12.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-6499, described as Used by women as toilet box.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-6499, described as Used by women as toilet box.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-6499, described as Used by women as toilet box.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-6499, described as Used by women as toilet box.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-6499, described as Used by women as toilet box.

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