Basket

Museum number:
2-57714
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3053
Description:
Water bottle shape. Twined, not pitched. 3 encircling design bands: top and bottom are X-shapes, center band is diagonal lines and groups of 3 triangles extending from diagonal line. 2-ply cordage loops have piece of cotton twine connecting them.
Donor:
Fred Clapp
Collection place:
Great Basin, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Great Basin
Culture or time period:
Northern Paiute
Collector:
Mrs. Cora Vesta Clapp
Collection date:
1900
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
Possibly for seed storage.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
41 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-57714, described as Water bottle shape. Twined, not pitched. 3 encircling design bands: top and bottom are X-shapes, center band is diagonal lines and groups of 3 triangles extending from diagonal line. 2-ply cordage loops have piece of cotton twine connecting them.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-57714, described as Water bottle shape. Twined, not pitched. 3 encircling design bands: top and bottom are X-shapes, center band is diagonal lines and groups of 3 triangles extending from diagonal line. 2-ply cordage loops have piece of cotton twine connecting them.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-57714, described as Water bottle shape. Twined, not pitched. 3 encircling design bands: top and bottom are X-shapes, center band is diagonal lines and groups of 3 triangles extending from diagonal line. 2-ply cordage loops have piece of cotton twine connecting them.

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