Storage basket

Museum number:
2-66986
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Accession number:
Acc.3870
Description:
Cylinder shape with 2 small handles at top; woven of tule cordage warp and tule weft with overlay of Xerophyllum tenax leaf and Thuja occidentalis bark in geometric design (4 pair complex rectangular designs with band of dogs at top).
Donor:
Estate of R.H.C. Dieckman
Collection place:
Western Washington
Verbatim coll. place:
Washington
Culture or time period:
Twana
Collector:
Mr. R. H.C. Dieckman
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Context of use:
Storage basket.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 19 centimeters and diameter 27.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Storage basket, accession number 2-66986, described as Cylinder shape with 2 small handles at top; woven of tule cordage warp and tule weft with overlay of Xerophyllum tenax leaf and Thuja occidentalis bark in geometric design (4 pair complex rectangular designs with band of dogs at top).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Storage basket, accession number 2-66986, described as Cylinder shape with 2 small handles at top; woven of tule cordage warp and tule weft with overlay of Xerophyllum tenax leaf and Thuja occidentalis bark in geometric design (4 pair complex rectangular designs with band of dogs at top).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 2-66986, described as Cylinder shape with 2 small handles at top; woven of tule cordage warp and tule weft with overlay of Xerophyllum tenax leaf and Thuja occidentalis bark in geometric design (4 pair complex rectangular designs with band of dogs at top).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 2-66986, described as Cylinder shape with 2 small handles at top; woven of tule cordage warp and tule weft with overlay of Xerophyllum tenax leaf and Thuja occidentalis bark in geometric design (4 pair complex rectangular designs with band of dogs at top).

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