Basket

Museum number:
1-11703
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010011703
Accession number:
Acc.285
Description:
New openwork carrying basket. Warp crossed in 3d course below rim. Somewhat dirty from use. Part of rim broken off. Plain twined. Warp ends braided to form rim. Buckskin tumpline tied on with cordage.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber and Billy Work
Collection date:
May 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 38 centimeters and 41 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-11703, described as New openwork carrying basket. Warp crossed in 3d course below rim. Somewhat dirty from use. Part of rim broken off. Plain twined. Warp ends braided to form rim. Buckskin tumpline tied on with cordage.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-11703, described as New openwork carrying basket. Warp crossed in 3d course below rim. Somewhat dirty from use. Part of rim broken off. Plain twined. Warp ends braided to form rim. Buckskin tumpline tied on with cordage.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-11703, described as New openwork carrying basket. Warp crossed in 3d course below rim. Somewhat dirty from use. Part of rim broken off. Plain twined. Warp ends braided to form rim. Buckskin tumpline tied on with cordage.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-11703, described as New openwork carrying basket. Warp crossed in 3d course below rim. Somewhat dirty from use. Part of rim broken off. Plain twined. Warp ends braided to form rim. Buckskin tumpline tied on with cordage.

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