Basket

Museum number:
2-62087
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020062087
Accession number:
Acc.3419
Description:
Twined, covered with pinon pitch; twined sumac shoots, 2 leather handles on body, hollow base.
Donor:
David G. Mandelbaum
Collection place:
San Carlos Reservation, Gila County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; San Carlos Reservation
Culture or time period:
San Carlos Apache
Collector:
David G. Mandelbaum
Collection date:
1933
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Context of use:
Water basket, used for carrying and storing liquids.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 28 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "tus
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-62087, described as Twined, covered with pinon pitch; twined sumac shoots, 2 leather handles on body, hollow base.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-62087, described as Twined, covered with pinon pitch; twined sumac shoots, 2 leather handles on body, hollow base.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-62087, described as Twined, covered with pinon pitch; twined sumac shoots, 2 leather handles on body, hollow base.

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