Basket

Museum number:
2-68479
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
57 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4195
Description:
Conical shape, very poor condition, flattened and broken. Made of willow warp and weft; diagonal twining.
Donor:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection place:
Great Basin, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Great Basin
Culture or time period:
Paiute
Collector:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
December 19, 1986
Context of use:
Seed gathering basket.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 49 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-68479, described as Conical shape, very poor condition, flattened and broken. Made of willow warp and weft; diagonal twining.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-68479, described as Conical shape, very poor condition, flattened and broken. Made of willow warp and weft; diagonal twining.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68479, described as Conical shape, very poor condition, flattened and broken. Made of willow warp and weft; diagonal twining.

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