Basket

Museum number:
2-68349
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2-65000 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.2635 and Acc.3621
Description:
Rectangular, coiled, with 9 rows of imbrication; encircling design in alternating dark (reddish brown) stitches in groups of 3 or 4 with straw-colored stitches in groups of 3; slightly flaring shape. Poor condition. Rectangular coiled bottom. Recataloged from 2-65000 as it had lost its number.
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch and Helen Huggins Wells
Collection place:
British Columbia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia
Culture or time period:
Thompson River tribes
Collector:
Mrs. Charles L. Huggins
Collection date:
1899
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1970
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 22 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: Basket found in conservation lab with wrong # on it; attempts to find accession # unsuccessful, therefore basket assigned to accession 2635 (open accession for problem specimens) fide Barbara Busch, April 1986. Conservation: Extensive restoration done at Lowie Museum of Anthropology.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-68349, described as Rectangular, coiled, with 9 rows of imbrication; encircling design in alternating dark (reddish brown) stitches in groups of 3 or 4 with straw-colored stitches in groups of 3; slightly flaring shape. Poor condition. Rectangular coiled bottom. Recataloged from 2-65000 as it had lost its number.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-68349, described as Rectangular, coiled, with 9 rows of imbrication; encircling design in alternating dark (reddish brown) stitches in groups of 3 or 4 with straw-colored stitches in groups of 3; slightly flaring shape. Poor condition. Rectangular coiled bottom. Recataloged from 2-65000 as it had lost its number.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68349, described as Rectangular, coiled, with 9 rows of imbrication; encircling design in alternating dark (reddish brown) stitches in groups of 3 or 4 with straw-colored stitches in groups of 3; slightly flaring shape. Poor condition. Rectangular coiled bottom. Recataloged from 2-65000 as it had lost its number.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68349, described as Rectangular, coiled, with 9 rows of imbrication; encircling design in alternating dark (reddish brown) stitches in groups of 3 or 4 with straw-colored stitches in groups of 3; slightly flaring shape. Poor condition. Rectangular coiled bottom. Recataloged from 2-65000 as it had lost its number.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68349, described as Rectangular, coiled, with 9 rows of imbrication; encircling design in alternating dark (reddish brown) stitches in groups of 3 or 4 with straw-colored stitches in groups of 3; slightly flaring shape. Poor condition. Rectangular coiled bottom. Recataloged from 2-65000 as it had lost its number.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68349, described as Rectangular, coiled, with 9 rows of imbrication; encircling design in alternating dark (reddish brown) stitches in groups of 3 or 4 with straw-colored stitches in groups of 3; slightly flaring shape. Poor condition. Rectangular coiled bottom. Recataloged from 2-65000 as it had lost its number.

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