Basket and lid

Museum number:
2-50124a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2736
Description:
Basket with lid, coiled rye grass; a) basket: flat bottom, straight side, insloping shoulder; faded green cross-like design. b) lid: coiled rye grass with damaged knob-like finial; minimal green design on interior.
Donor:
Merritt Gibson Barton
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Florence Belle Barton
Collection date:
1910-1920
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 18.5 centimeters and 13.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-50124a,b, described as Basket with lid, coiled rye grass; a) basket: flat bottom, straight side, insloping shoulder; faded green cross-like design. b) lid: coiled rye grass with damaged knob-like finial; minimal green design on interior.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-50124a,b, described as Basket with lid, coiled rye grass; a) basket: flat bottom, straight side, insloping shoulder; faded green cross-like design. b) lid: coiled rye grass with damaged knob-like finial; minimal green design on interior.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-50124a,b, described as Basket with lid, coiled rye grass; a) basket: flat bottom, straight side, insloping shoulder; faded green cross-like design. b) lid: coiled rye grass with damaged knob-like finial; minimal green design on interior.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-50124a,b, described as Basket with lid, coiled rye grass; a) basket: flat bottom, straight side, insloping shoulder; faded green cross-like design. b) lid: coiled rye grass with damaged knob-like finial; minimal green design on interior.

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