Basket with lid

Museum number:
2-69187a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210269187a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4287
Description:
(a) Basket with (b) lid. Round, plaited hardwood splints dyed red with interwoven bands of natural colored sweetgrass, curlicue overlay trim around lower edge of basket and lid, ring type handle on lid.
Donor:
Ms. Jane E. Becker
Collection place:
Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
; Canada
Culture or time period:
Micmac
Collector:
Ms. Jane E. Becker
Collection date:
1974
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
a)— diameter 16 centimeters, b)— height 4 centimeters, b)— diameter 17.4 centimeters, and a)— height 9.5 centimeters
Loans:
S2008-2009 #9a: SFO Museum (February 11, 2009–January 11, 2010)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-69187a,b, described as (a) Basket with (b) lid. Round, plaited hardwood splints dyed red with interwoven bands of natural colored sweetgrass, curlicue overlay trim around lower edge of basket and lid, ring type handle on lid.Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-69187a,b, described as (a) Basket with (b) lid. Round, plaited hardwood splints dyed red with interwoven bands of natural colored sweetgrass, curlicue overlay trim around lower edge of basket and lid, ring type handle on lid.Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-69187a,b, described as (a) Basket with (b) lid. Round, plaited hardwood splints dyed red with interwoven bands of natural colored sweetgrass, curlicue overlay trim around lower edge of basket and lid, ring type handle on lid.Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-69187a,b, described as (a) Basket with (b) lid. Round, plaited hardwood splints dyed red with interwoven bands of natural colored sweetgrass, curlicue overlay trim around lower edge of basket and lid, ring type handle on lid.Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-69187a,b, described as (a) Basket with (b) lid. Round, plaited hardwood splints dyed red with interwoven bands of natural colored sweetgrass, curlicue overlay trim around lower edge of basket and lid, ring type handle on lid.Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-69187a,b, described as (a) Basket with (b) lid. Round, plaited hardwood splints dyed red with interwoven bands of natural colored sweetgrass, curlicue overlay trim around lower edge of basket and lid, ring type handle on lid.Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-69187a,b, described as (a) Basket with (b) lid. Round, plaited hardwood splints dyed red with interwoven bands of natural colored sweetgrass, curlicue overlay trim around lower edge of basket and lid, ring type handle on lid.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-69187a,b, described as (a) Basket with (b) lid. Round, plaited hardwood splints dyed red with interwoven bands of natural colored sweetgrass, curlicue overlay trim around lower edge of basket and lid, ring type handle on lid.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-69187a,b, described as (a) Basket with (b) lid. Round, plaited hardwood splints dyed red with interwoven bands of natural colored sweetgrass, curlicue overlay trim around lower edge of basket and lid, ring type handle on lid.

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