Basket

Museum number:
2-67034
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020067034
Accession number:
Acc.3930
Description:
Rectangular base and oval top; upper band of plain twining with false embroidery designs: one side depicts 2 canoes and whale, opposite side spells "Alaska" in false embroidery; checker plaiting on lower bands with geometric designs of yellow, light brown and dark brown; handle attached to top edge.
Donor:
Annabelle Platt and Archie Platt
Collection place:
Annette Island, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Annette Island
Culture or time period:
Tsimshian
Collector:
Annabelle Platt and Archie Platt
Collection date:
December 1955
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Made by Tsimshian woman on Annette Island (Clarence Strait, near Ketchikan), Alaska, and given to Mrs. Annabelle Platt by an Indian woman.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 28 centimeters, length 33.5 centimeters, and width 15.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-67034, described as Rectangular base and oval top; upper band of plain twining with false embroidery designs: one side depicts 2 canoes and whale, opposite side spells "Alaska" in false embroidery; checker plaiting on lower bands with geometric designs of yellow, light brown and dark brown; handle attached to top edge.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-67034, described as Rectangular base and oval top; upper band of plain twining with false embroidery designs: one side depicts 2 canoes and whale, opposite side spells "Alaska" in false embroidery; checker plaiting on lower bands with geometric designs of yellow, light brown and dark brown; handle attached to top edge.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-67034, described as Rectangular base and oval top; upper band of plain twining with false embroidery designs: one side depicts 2 canoes and whale, opposite side spells "Alaska" in false embroidery; checker plaiting on lower bands with geometric designs of yellow, light brown and dark brown; handle attached to top edge.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-67034, described as Rectangular base and oval top; upper band of plain twining with false embroidery designs: one side depicts 2 canoes and whale, opposite side spells "Alaska" in false embroidery; checker plaiting on lower bands with geometric designs of yellow, light brown and dark brown; handle attached to top edge.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-67034, described as Rectangular base and oval top; upper band of plain twining with false embroidery designs: one side depicts 2 canoes and whale, opposite side spells "Alaska" in false embroidery; checker plaiting on lower bands with geometric designs of yellow, light brown and dark brown; handle attached to top edge.

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