Basket

Museum number:
2-68519a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210268519a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4222
Description:
(a) Basket. Rectangular, made of split cane, twill plaited. Colors used are dark brown, dark orange and natural color of cane to make geometrical designs; dual layered. One bottom corner frayed. (b) Lid. Rectangular, dual layered twill plaited, same color as bottom.
Donor:
Mary Rosamond Haas
Collection place:
Charenton, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
Verbatim coll. place:
Louisiana; St. Mary; Charenton
Culture or time period:
Chitimacha
Collector:
Mary Rosamond Haas
Collection date:
1930-1939
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(b)— width 10.8 centimeters, (a)— height 9.7 centimeters, (b)— length 16 centimeters, (a)— length 14.9 centimeters, (b)— height 5 centimeters, and (a)— width 9.3 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: Made as a gift for collector following designs in Swanton's illustrations.
Loans:
S1988-1989 #33: Mary Rosamond Haas (February 24, 1989–June 10, 1996)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-68519a,b, described as (a) Basket. Rectangular, made of split cane, twill plaited. Colors used are dark brown, dark orange and natural color of cane to make geometrical designs; dual layered. One bottom corner frayed. (b) Lid. Rectangular, dual layered twill plaited, same color as bottom.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-68519a,b, described as (a) Basket. Rectangular, made of split cane, twill plaited. Colors used are dark brown, dark orange and natural color of cane to make geometrical designs; dual layered. One bottom corner frayed. (b) Lid. Rectangular, dual layered twill plaited, same color as bottom.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68519a,b, described as (a) Basket. Rectangular, made of split cane, twill plaited. Colors used are dark brown, dark orange and natural color of cane to make geometrical designs; dual layered. One bottom corner frayed. (b) Lid. Rectangular, dual layered twill plaited, same color as bottom.

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