Basket

Museum number:
2-68496
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020068496
Alternate number:
87 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4195
Description:
Round with flat base, circular geometric design in red and dark brown on natural ground. Spruce root warp and weft, plain twined, false embroidery using dyed white grass and maidenhair fern.
Donor:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
December 19, 1986
Context of use:
Made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 16 centimeters and height 11.8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-68496, described as Round with flat base, circular geometric design in red and dark brown on natural ground. Spruce root warp and weft, plain twined, false embroidery using dyed white grass and maidenhair fern.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-68496, described as Round with flat base, circular geometric design in red and dark brown on natural ground. Spruce root warp and weft, plain twined, false embroidery using dyed white grass and maidenhair fern.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68496, described as Round with flat base, circular geometric design in red and dark brown on natural ground. Spruce root warp and weft, plain twined, false embroidery using dyed white grass and maidenhair fern.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68496, described as Round with flat base, circular geometric design in red and dark brown on natural ground. Spruce root warp and weft, plain twined, false embroidery using dyed white grass and maidenhair fern.

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