Basket

Museum number:
2-48547
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2782
Description:
Made of red cedar bark; checker plaited, square base, rim provided with row of loops in braided cedar bark, 2 broad bands of black checks on sides.
Donor:
Mrs. Thomas Porter
Collection place:
Western Washington
Verbatim coll. place:
Washington; Western Washington
Culture or time period:
Western Washington cultures
Collector:
John T. Porter Family
Collection date:
ca. prob. 1902 - 1905
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 36 centimeters and height 24 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-48547, described as Made of red cedar bark; checker plaited, square base, rim provided with row of loops in braided cedar bark, 2 broad bands of black checks on sides.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-48547, described as Made of red cedar bark; checker plaited, square base, rim provided with row of loops in braided cedar bark, 2 broad bands of black checks on sides.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-48547, described as Made of red cedar bark; checker plaited, square base, rim provided with row of loops in braided cedar bark, 2 broad bands of black checks on sides.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-48547, described as Made of red cedar bark; checker plaited, square base, rim provided with row of loops in braided cedar bark, 2 broad bands of black checks on sides.

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