Basket and lid

Museum number:
2-68533a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4222
Description:
(a) Small, wrap-twined basket. 3 dyed dark blue birds on side with 2 rows of green underneath and yellow and purple around bottom edge. (b) Lid, peaked center, entire top decorated with purple and yellow swirl; top edge of corner had faded dark blue alternating with natural colored wrapping material; side has 2 rows of dark green.
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:
1930-1939
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)— diameter 7.7 centimeters, (a)— height 4.7 centimeters, (b)— height 1.6 centimeters, and (b)— diameter 8.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-68533a,b, described as (a) Small, wrap-twined basket. 3 dyed dark blue birds on side with 2 rows of green underneath and yellow and purple around bottom edge. (b) Lid, peaked center, entire top decorated with purple and yellow swirl; top edge of corner had faded dark blue alternating with natural colored wrapping material; side has 2 rows of dark green.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-68533a,b, described as (a) Small, wrap-twined basket. 3 dyed dark blue birds on side with 2 rows of green underneath and yellow and purple around bottom edge. (b) Lid, peaked center, entire top decorated with purple and yellow swirl; top edge of corner had faded dark blue alternating with natural colored wrapping material; side has 2 rows of dark green.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-68533a,b, described as (a) Small, wrap-twined basket. 3 dyed dark blue birds on side with 2 rows of green underneath and yellow and purple around bottom edge. (b) Lid, peaked center, entire top decorated with purple and yellow swirl; top edge of corner had faded dark blue alternating with natural colored wrapping material; side has 2 rows of dark green.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-68533a,b, described as (a) Small, wrap-twined basket. 3 dyed dark blue birds on side with 2 rows of green underneath and yellow and purple around bottom edge. (b) Lid, peaked center, entire top decorated with purple and yellow swirl; top edge of corner had faded dark blue alternating with natural colored wrapping material; side has 2 rows of dark green.

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