Bag

Museum number:
1-255475
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3853
Description:
Basketry. Square shape with handles; each side has the same design--7 anthropomorphic faces surrounding a geometric pattern, dark brown on natureal color ground. Plain twined, tule.
Donor:
Edward Briles
Collection place:
Alturas, Modoc County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Modoc; Alturas
Culture or time period:
Modoc
Collector:
Rosa Gibbons Briles
Collection date:
1900-1920
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
August 31, 1983
Context of use:
Made for tourist trade
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 23 centimeters and length 26.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bag, accession number 1-255475, described as Basketry. Square shape with handles; each side has the same design--7 anthropomorphic faces surrounding a geometric pattern, dark brown on natureal color ground. Plain twined, tule.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bag, accession number 1-255475, described as Basketry. Square shape with handles; each side has the same design--7 anthropomorphic faces surrounding a geometric pattern, dark brown on natureal color ground. Plain twined, tule.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 1-255475, described as Basketry. Square shape with handles; each side has the same design--7 anthropomorphic faces surrounding a geometric pattern, dark brown on natureal color ground. Plain twined, tule.

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