Berry basket

Museum number:
2-4666
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-1062 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Made of spruce root with a lozenge design woven in with grasses. An example of the smallest type of 3 traditional sizes.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Berry baskets (food storage)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Berry basket.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 19 centimeters and diameter 20 centimeters
Comment:
Damaged on Loan S67-68#52: Break on rim.
Loans:
S1967-1968 #52: Fine Arts Patrons of Newport Harbor (December 28, 1967–March 19, 1968)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Berry basket, accession number 2-4666, described as Made of spruce root with a lozenge design woven in with grasses. An example of the smallest type of 3 traditional sizes.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Berry basket, accession number 2-4666, described as Made of spruce root with a lozenge design woven in with grasses. An example of the smallest type of 3 traditional sizes.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Berry basket, accession number 2-4666, described as Made of spruce root with a lozenge design woven in with grasses. An example of the smallest type of 3 traditional sizes.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Berry basket, accession number 2-4666, described as Made of spruce root with a lozenge design woven in with grasses. An example of the smallest type of 3 traditional sizes.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Berry basket, accession number 2-4666, described as Made of spruce root with a lozenge design woven in with grasses. An example of the smallest type of 3 traditional sizes.

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