Fiber fragments

Museum number:
2-66187a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210266187a@2cb
Alternate number:
2-19516 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.882
Description:
Braided. 3 strands in braid made of Elymus mollis (sea rye) fiber.
Donor:
United States National Museum
Collection place:
Kagamil Island, Islands of the Four Mountains, Aleutians West Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Aleutian Islands; Kagamil Island
Collector:
Aleš Hrdlička
Collection date:
1939
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Fragments (object portions)
Accession date:
1946
Context of use:
Probably from basket rim.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
b)— width 1.5 centimeters, b)— length 13.5 centimeters, b)— width 0.5 centimeters, a)— length 26.5 centimeters, and a)— width 1.5 centimeters
Comment:
Published: Black, Lydia T. 1982 "Aleut Art". Anchorage: Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Assoc., Inc., pp. 164-169. References: A. Hrdlicka 1945 The Aleutian and Commander Islands and Their Inhabitants. Philadelphia: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fiber fragments, accession number 2-66187a,b, described as Braided. 3 strands in braid made of Elymus mollis (sea rye) fiber. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fiber fragments, accession number 2-66187a,b, described as Braided. 3 strands in braid made of Elymus mollis (sea rye) fiber. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.

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