Basket

Museum number:
2-6507
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006507
Alternate number:
x-2700 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Basket, loosely woven, flat base, staight sides constricting at top to form neck-like rim. brown grass used in design of parallel lines on sides and neck, at center of base are two plaited strands of grass. Made with brown and natural straw colored grasses.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
To contain household article or clothing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
2 centimeters and 10 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: #103. Remarks: cf. Nelson Pl. LXXIV and pp. 202-5.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-6507, described as Basket, loosely woven, flat base, staight sides constricting at top to form neck-like rim. brown grass used in design of parallel lines on sides and neck, at center of base are two plaited strands of grass. Made with brown and natural straw colored grasses.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-6507, described as Basket, loosely woven, flat base, staight sides constricting at top to form neck-like rim. brown grass used in design of parallel lines on sides and neck, at center of base are two plaited strands of grass. Made with brown and natural straw colored grasses.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-6507, described as Basket, loosely woven, flat base, staight sides constricting at top to form neck-like rim. brown grass used in design of parallel lines on sides and neck, at center of base are two plaited strands of grass. Made with brown and natural straw colored grasses.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-6507, described as Basket, loosely woven, flat base, staight sides constricting at top to form neck-like rim. brown grass used in design of parallel lines on sides and neck, at center of base are two plaited strands of grass. Made with brown and natural straw colored grasses.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-6507, described as Basket, loosely woven, flat base, staight sides constricting at top to form neck-like rim. brown grass used in design of parallel lines on sides and neck, at center of base are two plaited strands of grass. Made with brown and natural straw colored grasses.

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