Basket

Museum number:
2-18667
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020018667
Alternate number:
19 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Diagonal twined, pitch covered, globular shape with small vertical spout, 2 handles with leather strap handle attached.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Great Basin, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Great Basin
Culture or time period:
Northern Paiute
Collector:
Capital Life Insurance Company list
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Used to contain water.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 18.5 centimeters
Comment:
Additional original numbers: "20 or 100" per ledger.
Loans:
S1975-1976 #95: Lawrence Hall of Science (June 10, 1976–January 6, 1977)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-18667, described as Diagonal twined, pitch covered, globular shape with small vertical spout, 2 handles with leather strap handle attached.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-18667, described as Diagonal twined, pitch covered, globular shape with small vertical spout, 2 handles with leather strap handle attached.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-18667, described as Diagonal twined, pitch covered, globular shape with small vertical spout, 2 handles with leather strap handle attached.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-18667, described as Diagonal twined, pitch covered, globular shape with small vertical spout, 2 handles with leather strap handle attached.

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