Basket

Museum number:
2-1519
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020001519
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Basket; small, twined. Spaced rows, crossed warps. Made of knotted grasses.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Possibly a child's toy.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 6.5 centimeters and height 4 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-1519, described as Basket; small, twined. Spaced rows, crossed warps. Made of knotted grasses.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-1519, described as Basket; small, twined. Spaced rows, crossed warps. Made of knotted grasses.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-1519, described as Basket; small, twined. Spaced rows, crossed warps. Made of knotted grasses.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-1519, described as Basket; small, twined. Spaced rows, crossed warps. Made of knotted grasses.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-1519, described as Basket; small, twined. Spaced rows, crossed warps. Made of knotted grasses.

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