Basket

Museum number:
2-4548
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-694 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Plain twined, openwork. Ornamented with colored wool, braided edge.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Sounds like fish basket type" (fide Lydia Black, 1982). Basket for carrying and storing fish (fide Lawrence E. Dawson, 1986).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 18 centimeters and diameter 30 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-4548, described as Plain twined, openwork. Ornamented with colored wool, braided edge.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-4548, described as Plain twined, openwork. Ornamented with colored wool, braided edge.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-4548, described as Plain twined, openwork. Ornamented with colored wool, braided edge.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-4548, described as Plain twined, openwork. Ornamented with colored wool, braided edge.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-4548, described as Plain twined, openwork. Ornamented with colored wool, braided edge.

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