Basket

Museum number:
1-255477
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010255477
Accession number:
Acc.3853
Description:
Basketry. Postcard/letter holder. 2 pouches on flat back with opening at top for hanging, butterfly design in brown on natural color ground. Plain twined, tule.
Donor:
Edward Briles
Collection place:
Alturas, Modoc County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Modoc; Alturas
Culture or time period:
Modoc
Collector:
Rosa Gibbons Briles
Collection date:
1900-1920
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
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:
length 38 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-255477, described as Basketry. Postcard/letter holder. 2 pouches on flat back with opening at top for hanging, butterfly design in brown on natural color ground. Plain twined, tule.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-255477, described as Basketry. Postcard/letter holder. 2 pouches on flat back with opening at top for hanging, butterfly design in brown on natural color ground. Plain twined, tule.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-255477, described as Basketry. Postcard/letter holder. 2 pouches on flat back with opening at top for hanging, butterfly design in brown on natural color ground. Plain twined, tule.

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