Basket with tumpline

Museum number:
2-68159a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210268159a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4050
Description:
(a) Rectangular basket, twined openwork with coiled rim, rim broken, various sizes of cotton string wrapped and attached. (b) Tumpline woven of wool yarn over cotton twine, red, yellow and blue zigzag design on natural ground, weave broken; ends of warp braided and attached to basket.
Donor:
Marcelline Mollo
Collection place:
Neah Bay, Clallam County, Western Washington
Verbatim coll. place:
Washington; Clallam; Neah Bay
Culture or time period:
Makah
Collector:
Marcelline Maddex Morton
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers), Coiled weaving, and Twined weaving
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(b)— length 92 centimeters, (b)— width 4 centimeters, (a)— width 32 centimeters, and (a)— 40 centimeters
Comment:
Referneces: Whiteford, Andrew Hunter, "North American Indian Arts," Golden Press, New York, 1970, p. 44, fig. 9F.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket with tumpline, accession number 2-68159a,b, described as (a) Rectangular basket, twined openwork with coiled rim, rim broken, various sizes of cotton string wrapped and attached. (b) Tumpline woven of wool yarn over cotton twine, red, yellow and blue zigzag design on natural ground, weave broken; ends of warp braided and attached to basket.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket with tumpline, accession number 2-68159a,b, described as (a) Rectangular basket, twined openwork with coiled rim, rim broken, various sizes of cotton string wrapped and attached. (b) Tumpline woven of wool yarn over cotton twine, red, yellow and blue zigzag design on natural ground, weave broken; ends of warp braided and attached to basket.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket with tumpline, accession number 2-68159a,b, described as (a) Rectangular basket, twined openwork with coiled rim, rim broken, various sizes of cotton string wrapped and attached. (b) Tumpline woven of wool yarn over cotton twine, red, yellow and blue zigzag design on natural ground, weave broken; ends of warp braided and attached to basket.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket with tumpline, accession number 2-68159a,b, described as (a) Rectangular basket, twined openwork with coiled rim, rim broken, various sizes of cotton string wrapped and attached. (b) Tumpline woven of wool yarn over cotton twine, red, yellow and blue zigzag design on natural ground, weave broken; ends of warp braided and attached to basket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket with tumpline, accession number 2-68159a,b, described as (a) Rectangular basket, twined openwork with coiled rim, rim broken, various sizes of cotton string wrapped and attached. (b) Tumpline woven of wool yarn over cotton twine, red, yellow and blue zigzag design on natural ground, weave broken; ends of warp braided and attached to basket.

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