Basket

Museum number:
2-59134
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020059134
Accession number:
Acc.3205
Description:
Basketry cover (bottom missing); made of sweetgrass and other materials in twining and wickerweave, straw-color and blue-green.
Donor:
Mrs. James Samper
Collection place:
Northeastern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northeast
Culture or time period:
Iroquois
Collector:
Mrs. Orville R. Baldwin and Orville R. Baldwin
Collection date:
ca. 1900
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Novelty.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 17.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-59134, described as Basketry cover (bottom missing); made of sweetgrass and other materials in twining and wickerweave, straw-color and blue-green.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-59134, described as Basketry cover (bottom missing); made of sweetgrass and other materials in twining and wickerweave, straw-color and blue-green.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-59134, described as Basketry cover (bottom missing); made of sweetgrass and other materials in twining and wickerweave, straw-color and blue-green.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-59134, described as Basketry cover (bottom missing); made of sweetgrass and other materials in twining and wickerweave, straw-color and blue-green.

Tools