Basket

Museum number:
2-62024
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3427
Description:
Round with flaring sides; coiled, imbricated, with loops on rim (one broken off and tied to basket); encircling zigzag band on lower 2/3 of basket, pendant triangles below rim. Made of split red cedar root foundation and sewing strands; imbrication in cedar bark, Xerophyllum tenax, and black-dyed cedar bark.
Donor:
Burton Benedict
Collection place:
British Columbia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia
Culture or time period:
Thompson River tribes
Collector:
Marian W. Smith
Collection date:
ca. 1935-1936
Taxon:
Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Novelty item.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
15.5 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-62024, described as Round with flaring sides; coiled, imbricated, with loops on rim (one broken off and tied to basket); encircling zigzag band on lower 2/3 of basket, pendant triangles below rim. Made of split red cedar root foundation and sewing strands; imbrication in cedar bark, Xerophyllum tenax, and black-dyed cedar bark.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-62024, described as Round with flaring sides; coiled, imbricated, with loops on rim (one broken off and tied to basket); encircling zigzag band on lower 2/3 of basket, pendant triangles below rim. Made of split red cedar root foundation and sewing strands; imbrication in cedar bark, Xerophyllum tenax, and black-dyed cedar bark.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-62024, described as Round with flaring sides; coiled, imbricated, with loops on rim (one broken off and tied to basket); encircling zigzag band on lower 2/3 of basket, pendant triangles below rim. Made of split red cedar root foundation and sewing strands; imbrication in cedar bark, Xerophyllum tenax, and black-dyed cedar bark.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-62024, described as Round with flaring sides; coiled, imbricated, with loops on rim (one broken off and tied to basket); encircling zigzag band on lower 2/3 of basket, pendant triangles below rim. Made of split red cedar root foundation and sewing strands; imbrication in cedar bark, Xerophyllum tenax, and black-dyed cedar bark.

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