Storage basket

Museum number:
2-68480
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
65 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4195
Description:
Biconical shape; narrow cylindrical neck (broken); 2 small fiber handles, both broken. Made of willow warp and weft; twill twined.
Donor:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection place:
Great Basin, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Great Basin
Culture or time period:
Paiute
Collector:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
December 19, 1986
Context of use:
Used for seed storage.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 49 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Storage basket, accession number 2-68480, described as Biconical shape; narrow cylindrical neck (broken); 2 small fiber handles, both broken. Made of willow warp and weft; twill twined.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Storage basket, accession number 2-68480, described as Biconical shape; narrow cylindrical neck (broken); 2 small fiber handles, both broken. Made of willow warp and weft; twill twined.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 2-68480, described as Biconical shape; narrow cylindrical neck (broken); 2 small fiber handles, both broken. Made of willow warp and weft; twill twined.

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