Basket and lid

Museum number:
2-28999a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210228999a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.1954P
Description:
a) Basket, coiled, with (b) knobbed cover, plain with yarn inserts of red, gray and blue. Round.
Donor:
Mildred Pommer
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
August 31, 1954
Context of use:
To contain household articles or clothing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 21 centimeters and height 21 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Nelson, Pl. LXXIV, pp. 202-5.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-28999a,b, described as a) Basket, coiled, with (b) knobbed cover, plain with yarn inserts of red, gray and blue. Round.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-28999a,b, described as a) Basket, coiled, with (b) knobbed cover, plain with yarn inserts of red, gray and blue. Round.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-28999a,b, described as a) Basket, coiled, with (b) knobbed cover, plain with yarn inserts of red, gray and blue. Round.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-28999a,b, described as a) Basket, coiled, with (b) knobbed cover, plain with yarn inserts of red, gray and blue. Round.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-28999a,b, described as a) Basket, coiled, with (b) knobbed cover, plain with yarn inserts of red, gray and blue. Round.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-28999a,b, described as a) Basket, coiled, with (b) knobbed cover, plain with yarn inserts of red, gray and blue. Round.

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