Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-255483
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3853
Description:
Basketry, tray. Shallow bowl shape. Swirl pattern in dark brown on natural color ground; pattern outlined with yellow dyed porcupine quills.
Donor:
Edward Briles
Collection place:
Alturas, Modoc County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Modoc; Alturas
Culture or time period:
Klamath Lake
Collector:
Rosa Gibbons Briles
Collection date:
1900-1920
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
August 31, 1983
Context of use:
Made for tourist trade.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 33.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-255483, described as Basketry, tray. Shallow bowl shape. Swirl pattern in dark brown on natural color ground; pattern outlined with yellow dyed porcupine quills.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-255483, described as Basketry, tray. Shallow bowl shape. Swirl pattern in dark brown on natural color ground; pattern outlined with yellow dyed porcupine quills.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-255483, described as Basketry, tray. Shallow bowl shape. Swirl pattern in dark brown on natural color ground; pattern outlined with yellow dyed porcupine quills.

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