Basket with lid

Museum number:
2-72528a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210272528a@2cb
Alternate number:
EC-6 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4787
Description:
Small, egg-shaped basket and lid. A = Lid: Natural grass edged with a saw-tooth pattern in magenta. B = Basket: Magenta grass w/ cedar bark strip rim which is recessed to fit within the lid.
Donor:
Elizabeth Colson
Collection place:
Olympic Peninsula, Western Washington
Culture or time period:
Makah
Collector:
Elizabeth Colson
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
September 9, 2011
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 6 centimeters and diameter 4.4 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-72528a,b, described as Small, egg-shaped basket and lid. A = Lid: Natural grass edged with a saw-tooth pattern in magenta. B = Basket: Magenta grass w/ cedar bark strip rim which is recessed to fit within the lid.

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