Basket

Museum number:
2-64888
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3148
Description:
Hobby basket, raffia with a bowl shape, slightly inward curving rim and rusty-red diamond shape designs on the sides. Novelty item.
Donor:
Estate of Christina B. Cameron
Collection place:
United States
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
Christina B. Cameron
Collection date:
1900-1920
Materials:
Raffia (fiber)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 9 centimeters and height 5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-64888, described as Hobby basket, raffia with a bowl shape, slightly inward curving rim and rusty-red diamond shape designs on the sides. Novelty item.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-64888, described as Hobby basket, raffia with a bowl shape, slightly inward curving rim and rusty-red diamond shape designs on the sides. Novelty item.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-64888, described as Hobby basket, raffia with a bowl shape, slightly inward curving rim and rusty-red diamond shape designs on the sides. Novelty item.

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