Basket

Museum number:
2-56567
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020056567
Accession number:
Acc.2728
Description:
Twined, warp is split ash bark, weft is braided sweetgrass; fiber ring (for hanging) is attached to basket rim.
Donor:
Bill Reed Adams, Ira Carlton Adams, Jeffrey Carlton Adams, and Rosemary Jeffreys Adams
Collection place:
Northeastern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northeast
Culture or time period:
Iroquois
Collector:
Ira Carlton Adams
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:
1971
Context of use:
Sold as tourist novelty.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 5 centimeters and width 10.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-56567, described as Twined, warp is split ash bark, weft is braided sweetgrass; fiber ring (for hanging) is attached to basket rim.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-56567, described as Twined, warp is split ash bark, weft is braided sweetgrass; fiber ring (for hanging) is attached to basket rim.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-56567, described as Twined, warp is split ash bark, weft is braided sweetgrass; fiber ring (for hanging) is attached to basket rim.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-56567, described as Twined, warp is split ash bark, weft is braided sweetgrass; fiber ring (for hanging) is attached to basket rim.

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