Basket and lid

Museum number:
2-71652a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210271652a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4542
Description:
Basket. Cylindrical lidded. Orange, tan and light brown floral borders at top and bottom, red and tan diamonds in center. Lid has high Victorian knob and has same diamond pattern and circles and triangles in light brown. Basket and lid are torn in many areas, especially rims. Made of spruce root (?), commercial thread. Twined, false embroidery, open twined rim and bottom.
Donor:
Burch Family
Collection place:
Chignik, Lake and Penniinsula Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Chignik
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
Mary C. Burch
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
August 19, 1991
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 21 centimeters and height 18 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-71652a,b, described as Basket. Cylindrical lidded. Orange, tan and light brown floral borders at top and bottom, red and tan diamonds in center. Lid has high Victorian knob and has same diamond pattern and circles and triangles in light brown. Basket and lid are torn in many areas, especially rims. Made of spruce root (?), commercial thread. Twined, false embroidery, open twined rim and bottom.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-71652a,b, described as Basket. Cylindrical lidded. Orange, tan and light brown floral borders at top and bottom, red and tan diamonds in center. Lid has high Victorian knob and has same diamond pattern and circles and triangles in light brown. Basket and lid are torn in many areas, especially rims. Made of spruce root (?), commercial thread. Twined, false embroidery, open twined rim and bottom.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-71652a,b, described as Basket. Cylindrical lidded. Orange, tan and light brown floral borders at top and bottom, red and tan diamonds in center. Lid has high Victorian knob and has same diamond pattern and circles and triangles in light brown. Basket and lid are torn in many areas, especially rims. Made of spruce root (?), commercial thread. Twined, false embroidery, open twined rim and bottom.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-71652a,b, described as Basket. Cylindrical lidded. Orange, tan and light brown floral borders at top and bottom, red and tan diamonds in center. Lid has high Victorian knob and has same diamond pattern and circles and triangles in light brown. Basket and lid are torn in many areas, especially rims. Made of spruce root (?), commercial thread. Twined, false embroidery, open twined rim and bottom.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-71652a,b, described as Basket. Cylindrical lidded. Orange, tan and light brown floral borders at top and bottom, red and tan diamonds in center. Lid has high Victorian knob and has same diamond pattern and circles and triangles in light brown. Basket and lid are torn in many areas, especially rims. Made of spruce root (?), commercial thread. Twined, false embroidery, open twined rim and bottom.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-71652a,b, described as Basket. Cylindrical lidded. Orange, tan and light brown floral borders at top and bottom, red and tan diamonds in center. Lid has high Victorian knob and has same diamond pattern and circles and triangles in light brown. Basket and lid are torn in many areas, especially rims. Made of spruce root (?), commercial thread. Twined, false embroidery, open twined rim and bottom.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-71652a,b, described as Basket. Cylindrical lidded. Orange, tan and light brown floral borders at top and bottom, red and tan diamonds in center. Lid has high Victorian knob and has same diamond pattern and circles and triangles in light brown. Basket and lid are torn in many areas, especially rims. Made of spruce root (?), commercial thread. Twined, false embroidery, open twined rim and bottom.

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