Basket and lid

Museum number:
2-68535a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210268535a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4222
Description:
(a) Small wrap-twined basket, 3 dyed designs of 3 purple people in a green boat; band of green, yellow and pink under boat design and around basket. (b) Lid, has peaked center with swirling design of green, yellow, pink and blue; corner edge has dark green, bottom has same color band as on basket bottom edge.
Donor:
Mary Rosamond Haas
Collection place:
Port Renfrew, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Vancouver Island; Port Renfrew
Culture or time period:
Nitinat
Collector:
Mary Rosamond Haas
Collection date:
1980
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Context of use:
Souvenir basket probably made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— height 5 centimeters, (a)— diameter 7.3 centimeters, (b)— diameter 8 centimeters, and (b)— height 1.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-68535a,b, described as (a) Small wrap-twined basket, 3 dyed designs of 3 purple people in a green boat; band of green, yellow and pink under boat design and around basket. (b) Lid, has peaked center with swirling design of green, yellow, pink and blue; corner edge has dark green, bottom has same color band as on basket bottom edge.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-68535a,b, described as (a) Small wrap-twined basket, 3 dyed designs of 3 purple people in a green boat; band of green, yellow and pink under boat design and around basket. (b) Lid, has peaked center with swirling design of green, yellow, pink and blue; corner edge has dark green, bottom has same color band as on basket bottom edge.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-68535a,b, described as (a) Small wrap-twined basket, 3 dyed designs of 3 purple people in a green boat; band of green, yellow and pink under boat design and around basket. (b) Lid, has peaked center with swirling design of green, yellow, pink and blue; corner edge has dark green, bottom has same color band as on basket bottom edge.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-68535a,b, described as (a) Small wrap-twined basket, 3 dyed designs of 3 purple people in a green boat; band of green, yellow and pink under boat design and around basket. (b) Lid, has peaked center with swirling design of green, yellow, pink and blue; corner edge has dark green, bottom has same color band as on basket bottom edge.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-68535a,b, described as (a) Small wrap-twined basket, 3 dyed designs of 3 purple people in a green boat; band of green, yellow and pink under boat design and around basket. (b) Lid, has peaked center with swirling design of green, yellow, pink and blue; corner edge has dark green, bottom has same color band as on basket bottom edge.

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