Basket

Museum number:
2-68525
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020068525
Accession number:
Acc.4222
Description:
Small, round mouthed, square bottomed; made of twill plaited split cane. Has dyed yellow, orange, and brown split cane to make alternating yellow and brown band just under rim and alternating orange and brown peaks around basket body; bottom is woven to make 'X' pattern.
Donor:
Mary Rosamond Haas
Collection place:
Charenton, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
Verbatim coll. place:
Louisiana; St. Mary; Charenton
Culture or time period:
Chitimacha
Collector:
Mary Rosamond Haas
Collection date:
1930-1939
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 5.5 centimeters and diameter 12.8 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: Made as a gift for collector following designs in Swanton's illustrations.
Loans:
S2008-2009 #9a: SFO Museum (February 11, 2009–January 11, 2010)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Basket, accession number 2-68525, described as Small, round mouthed, square bottomed; made of twill plaited split cane. Has dyed yellow, orange, and brown split cane to make alternating yellow and brown band just under rim and alternating orange and brown peaks around basket body; bottom is woven to make 'X' pattern.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Basket, accession number 2-68525, described as Small, round mouthed, square bottomed; made of twill plaited split cane. Has dyed yellow, orange, and brown split cane to make alternating yellow and brown band just under rim and alternating orange and brown peaks around basket body; bottom is woven to make 'X' pattern.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Basket, accession number 2-68525, described as Small, round mouthed, square bottomed; made of twill plaited split cane. Has dyed yellow, orange, and brown split cane to make alternating yellow and brown band just under rim and alternating orange and brown peaks around basket body; bottom is woven to make 'X' pattern.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Basket, accession number 2-68525, described as Small, round mouthed, square bottomed; made of twill plaited split cane. Has dyed yellow, orange, and brown split cane to make alternating yellow and brown band just under rim and alternating orange and brown peaks around basket body; bottom is woven to make 'X' pattern.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Basket, accession number 2-68525, described as Small, round mouthed, square bottomed; made of twill plaited split cane. Has dyed yellow, orange, and brown split cane to make alternating yellow and brown band just under rim and alternating orange and brown peaks around basket body; bottom is woven to make 'X' pattern.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Basket, accession number 2-68525, described as Small, round mouthed, square bottomed; made of twill plaited split cane. Has dyed yellow, orange, and brown split cane to make alternating yellow and brown band just under rim and alternating orange and brown peaks around basket body; bottom is woven to make 'X' pattern.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Basket, accession number 2-68525, described as Small, round mouthed, square bottomed; made of twill plaited split cane. Has dyed yellow, orange, and brown split cane to make alternating yellow and brown band just under rim and alternating orange and brown peaks around basket body; bottom is woven to make 'X' pattern.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Basket, accession number 2-68525, described as Small, round mouthed, square bottomed; made of twill plaited split cane. Has dyed yellow, orange, and brown split cane to make alternating yellow and brown band just under rim and alternating orange and brown peaks around basket body; bottom is woven to make 'X' pattern.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68525, described as Small, round mouthed, square bottomed; made of twill plaited split cane. Has dyed yellow, orange, and brown split cane to make alternating yellow and brown band just under rim and alternating orange and brown peaks around basket body; bottom is woven to make 'X' pattern.

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