Basket

Museum number:
2-10286
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020010286
Alternate number:
5 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.511
Description:
Round; twined; drawstring on braided edge; grass stems; decorated with multi-colored worsted; braided worsted and grass handle.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Aleutian Islands
Culture or time period:
Western Attu
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 30 centimeters and height 25 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-10286, described as Round; twined; drawstring on braided edge; grass stems; decorated with multi-colored worsted; braided worsted and grass handle.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-10286, described as Round; twined; drawstring on braided edge; grass stems; decorated with multi-colored worsted; braided worsted and grass handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-10286, described as Round; twined; drawstring on braided edge; grass stems; decorated with multi-colored worsted; braided worsted and grass handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-10286, described as Round; twined; drawstring on braided edge; grass stems; decorated with multi-colored worsted; braided worsted and grass handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-10286, described as Round; twined; drawstring on braided edge; grass stems; decorated with multi-colored worsted; braided worsted and grass handle.

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