Basket with lid

Museum number:
2-56554a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3015
Description:
(a) Twined basket. Warp of cedar bark and tule rushes, weft of Xerophyllum tenax; some of weft is colored with commercial dyes to provide design. Dye colors: green, green-blue, and yellow. Main design is multicolored band around center of body.
Donor:
Charles Brockhoff and Lucia Brockhoff
Collection place:
Washington state
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)
Collector:
Mrs. Brizzer
Collection date:
1910
Taxon:
Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1973
Context of use:
Sold as tourist novelty.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— 6.5 centimeters and (a)— width 9 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-56554a,b, described as (a) Twined basket. Warp of cedar bark and tule rushes, weft of Xerophyllum tenax; some of weft is colored with commercial dyes to provide design. Dye colors: green, green-blue, and yellow. Main design is multicolored band around center of body.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-56554a,b, described as (a) Twined basket. Warp of cedar bark and tule rushes, weft of Xerophyllum tenax; some of weft is colored with commercial dyes to provide design. Dye colors: green, green-blue, and yellow. Main design is multicolored band around center of body.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-56554a,b, described as (a) Twined basket. Warp of cedar bark and tule rushes, weft of Xerophyllum tenax; some of weft is colored with commercial dyes to provide design. Dye colors: green, green-blue, and yellow. Main design is multicolored band around center of body.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-56554a,b, described as (a) Twined basket. Warp of cedar bark and tule rushes, weft of Xerophyllum tenax; some of weft is colored with commercial dyes to provide design. Dye colors: green, green-blue, and yellow. Main design is multicolored band around center of body.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-56554a,b, described as (a) Twined basket. Warp of cedar bark and tule rushes, weft of Xerophyllum tenax; some of weft is colored with commercial dyes to provide design. Dye colors: green, green-blue, and yellow. Main design is multicolored band around center of body.

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