Basket and lid

Museum number:
2-68263a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210268263a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4044
Description:
(a) Basket with (b) lid. Grass. Round, flat bottom, bands of open weave around lower edge and on bottom, circular geometric design using cotton thread, faded. Lid has knob, edge broken in several areas.
Donor:
C. Gerald Clear
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
Doward
Collection date:
ca. 1900-1910
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— height 9 centimeters, (b)— diameter 10 centimeters, (b)— height 1 centimeters, and (a)— diameter 10 centimeters
Comment:
References: Ray, Dorothy Jean, "Aleut and Eskimo Art", University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1981, p. 102.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-68263a,b, described as (a) Basket with (b) lid. Grass. Round, flat bottom, bands of open weave around lower edge and on bottom, circular geometric design using cotton thread, faded. Lid has knob, edge broken in several areas.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-68263a,b, described as (a) Basket with (b) lid. Grass. Round, flat bottom, bands of open weave around lower edge and on bottom, circular geometric design using cotton thread, faded. Lid has knob, edge broken in several areas.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-68263a,b, described as (a) Basket with (b) lid. Grass. Round, flat bottom, bands of open weave around lower edge and on bottom, circular geometric design using cotton thread, faded. Lid has knob, edge broken in several areas.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-68263a,b, described as (a) Basket with (b) lid. Grass. Round, flat bottom, bands of open weave around lower edge and on bottom, circular geometric design using cotton thread, faded. Lid has knob, edge broken in several areas.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-68263a,b, described as (a) Basket with (b) lid. Grass. Round, flat bottom, bands of open weave around lower edge and on bottom, circular geometric design using cotton thread, faded. Lid has knob, edge broken in several areas.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-68263a,b, described as (a) Basket with (b) lid. Grass. Round, flat bottom, bands of open weave around lower edge and on bottom, circular geometric design using cotton thread, faded. Lid has knob, edge broken in several areas.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-68263a,b, described as (a) Basket with (b) lid. Grass. Round, flat bottom, bands of open weave around lower edge and on bottom, circular geometric design using cotton thread, faded. Lid has knob, edge broken in several areas.

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