Basket

Museum number:
2-6504
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006504
Alternate number:
x-2697 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Small flat basket; coiled. Twined grass, low rim; flat bottom, short sides flaring slightly outward.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea, Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers), Coiled weaving, and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions and 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 8.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-6504, described as Small flat basket; coiled. Twined grass, low rim; flat bottom, short sides flaring slightly outward.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-6504, described as Small flat basket; coiled. Twined grass, low rim; flat bottom, short sides flaring slightly outward.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-6504, described as Small flat basket; coiled. Twined grass, low rim; flat bottom, short sides flaring slightly outward.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-6504, described as Small flat basket; coiled. Twined grass, low rim; flat bottom, short sides flaring slightly outward.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-6504, described as Small flat basket; coiled. Twined grass, low rim; flat bottom, short sides flaring slightly outward.

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