Treasure basket

Museum number:
1-214291
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1462
Description:
Small, globular trinket basket. Black design on light ground; major design incorporates partial triangles, bottom design a circle with 4 triangles attached.
Donor:
Lucile K. Baumgaertner
Collection place:
Mad River near Korbel and Blue Lake, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mad River; Lower Mad River
Culture or time period:
Wiyot
Collector:
William Keller
Collection date:
ca. 1910
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Treasure baskets
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1961
Context of use:
Trinket basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 15.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-214291, described as Small, globular trinket basket. Black design on light ground; major design incorporates partial triangles, bottom design a circle with 4 triangles attached.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-214291, described as Small, globular trinket basket. Black design on light ground; major design incorporates partial triangles, bottom design a circle with 4 triangles attached.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-214291, described as Small, globular trinket basket. Black design on light ground; major design incorporates partial triangles, bottom design a circle with 4 triangles attached.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-214291, described as Small, globular trinket basket. Black design on light ground; major design incorporates partial triangles, bottom design a circle with 4 triangles attached.

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