Basket with lid

Museum number:
2-72531a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210272531a@2cb
Alternate number:
EC-9 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4787
Description:
Small, round, grass basket w/ lid. A = Lid; centered w/ a black (sea weed) and purple medallion, surrounded by a natural grass band to the edge. Edged with alternating green & natural band. B = Basket; sides decorated with a hunter in a boat and two ducks. Both ducks hunters have red heads and black bodies/boat. Reed base is marked "Helen - wedding".
Donor:
Elizabeth Colson
Collection place:
Olympic Peninsula, Western Washington
Culture or time period:
Makah
Collector:
Elizabeth Colson
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
September 9, 2011
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 3.8 centimeters and diameter 6.1 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-72531a,b, described as Small, round, grass basket w/ lid. A = Lid; centered w/ a black (sea weed) and purple medallion, surrounded by a natural grass band to the edge. Edged with alternating green & natural band. B = Basket; sides decorated with a hunter in a boat and two ducks. Both ducks hunters have red heads and black bodies/boat. Reed base is marked "Helen - wedding".

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