Basket

Museum number:
2-44854
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020044854
Accession number:
Acc.2029
Description:
Globular, of coiled rye grass, with purple, red, green and blue dyed birdskin decorative geometric elements.
Donor:
Louise Heintz
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Edward K. Schaad
Collection date:
1964
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1965
Context of use:
To contain household articles or clothing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 18.5 centimeters and 14 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf Nelson, Pl. LXXIV, pp. 202-5.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-44854, described as Globular, of coiled rye grass, with purple, red, green and blue dyed birdskin decorative geometric elements.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-44854, described as Globular, of coiled rye grass, with purple, red, green and blue dyed birdskin decorative geometric elements.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-44854, described as Globular, of coiled rye grass, with purple, red, green and blue dyed birdskin decorative geometric elements.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-44854, described as Globular, of coiled rye grass, with purple, red, green and blue dyed birdskin decorative geometric elements.

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