Basket and lid

Museum number:
2-48368a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210248368a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.2618
Description:
a) Basket, coiled, with (b) lid; footed jarshape with insloping shoulder; brown skin geometric design on top third. Lid faded brown skin, geometric design radiating from center; knob missing. Made from coiled rye grass (Elymus mollis) and strips of skin from legs of geese or swans.
Donor:
Mrs. Stanley Curry and Stanley F. Curry
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Mrs. Stanley Curry
Collection date:
1970
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
April 6, 1970
Context of use:
To contain household articles or clothing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 15.5 centimeters and diameter 9.5 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf Nelson, Pl. LXXIV, pp. 202-5.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-48368a,b, described as a) Basket, coiled, with (b) lid; footed jarshape with insloping shoulder; brown skin geometric design on top third. Lid faded brown skin, geometric design radiating from center; knob missing. Made from coiled rye grass (Elymus mollis) and strips of skin from legs of geese or swans.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-48368a,b, described as a) Basket, coiled, with (b) lid; footed jarshape with insloping shoulder; brown skin geometric design on top third. Lid faded brown skin, geometric design radiating from center; knob missing. Made from coiled rye grass (Elymus mollis) and strips of skin from legs of geese or swans.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-48368a,b, described as a) Basket, coiled, with (b) lid; footed jarshape with insloping shoulder; brown skin geometric design on top third. Lid faded brown skin, geometric design radiating from center; knob missing. Made from coiled rye grass (Elymus mollis) and strips of skin from legs of geese or swans.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-48368a,b, described as a) Basket, coiled, with (b) lid; footed jarshape with insloping shoulder; brown skin geometric design on top third. Lid faded brown skin, geometric design radiating from center; knob missing. Made from coiled rye grass (Elymus mollis) and strips of skin from legs of geese or swans.

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