Basket

Museum number:
2-61997
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Alternate number:
1M (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3437
Description:
Round basket with square base. Made of brown ash; checker plaited. Damage: hole in one corner.
Donor:
Susan MacCulloch Stevens and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Indian Island, Old Town, Penobscot County
Verbatim coll. place:
Maine; Old Town
Culture or time period:
Penobscot
Collector:
Susan MacCulloch Stevens
Collection date:
1975
Materials:
Brown ash (wood)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Context of use:
Container for corn, apples, etc.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 32 centimeters, 30 centimeters, and width 30 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: Bezanood (basket). Container for corn, apples, etc.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-61997, described as Round basket with square base. Made of brown ash; checker plaited. Damage: hole in one corner.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-61997, described as Round basket with square base. Made of brown ash; checker plaited. Damage: hole in one corner.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-61997, described as Round basket with square base. Made of brown ash; checker plaited. Damage: hole in one corner.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-61997, described as Round basket with square base. Made of brown ash; checker plaited. Damage: hole in one corner.

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