Basket with lid

Museum number:
2-72217a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2-72217
Accession number:
Acc.4767
Description:
Birch bark basket decorated on top and around sides of basket and lid with porcupine quill work. Top has a band of starburst and bundled sheaves done with quills, surrounding quilled maple leaf. Lid and basket are finished with bundles of grass sewed at edges. Basket = a, lid = b. Made by Eagle Commercial Company, Eagle, Alaska.
Donor:
Eileen M. Carol
Collection place:
Eastern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
North America
Culture or time period:
Sub-Arctic cultures
Collector:
Eileen M. Carol
Collection date:
1978
Materials:
Birch bark (plant material) and Quill (spine material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
August 15, 2008
Context of use:
decorative, made for the tourist trade
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-72217a,b, described as Birch bark basket decorated on top and around sides of basket and lid with porcupine quill work. Top has a band of starburst and bundled sheaves done with quills, surrounding quilled maple leaf. Lid and basket are finished with bundles of grass sewed at edges. Basket = a, lid = b. Made by Eagle Commercial Company, Eagle, Alaska.

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