Basket

Museum number:
2-64941
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3553
Description:
Plaited cedar bark with croscross design in red and natural color raffia.
Donor:
Burton Benedict
Collection place:
Western Washington
Verbatim coll. place:
Washington; Western Washington
Culture or time period:
Western Washington cultures
Collector:
Burton Benedict and Marian W. Smith
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Context of use:
Food basket.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 18 centimeters, height 12.5 centimeters, and width 17 centimeters
Comment:
Probably from Marian W. Smith Collection.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-64941, described as Plaited cedar bark with croscross design in red and natural color raffia.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-64941, described as Plaited cedar bark with croscross design in red and natural color raffia.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-64941, described as Plaited cedar bark with croscross design in red and natural color raffia.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-64941, described as Plaited cedar bark with croscross design in red and natural color raffia.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-64941, described as Plaited cedar bark with croscross design in red and natural color raffia.

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