Basket

Museum number:
2-57727
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020057727
Accession number:
Acc.3053
Description:
Twined, false embroidery, bucket shaped, poor condition. 5 encircling design bands: top, bottom, and center are zigzags formed by 2 rows of staggered triangles; other 2 bands are large orange right angle crosses on faded purple ground.
Donor:
Fred Clapp
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
Mrs. Cora Vesta Clapp
Collection date:
1900
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
Novelty.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 17 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-57727, described as Twined, false embroidery, bucket shaped, poor condition. 5 encircling design bands: top, bottom, and center are zigzags formed by 2 rows of staggered triangles; other 2 bands are large orange right angle crosses on faded purple ground.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-57727, described as Twined, false embroidery, bucket shaped, poor condition. 5 encircling design bands: top, bottom, and center are zigzags formed by 2 rows of staggered triangles; other 2 bands are large orange right angle crosses on faded purple ground.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-57727, described as Twined, false embroidery, bucket shaped, poor condition. 5 encircling design bands: top, bottom, and center are zigzags formed by 2 rows of staggered triangles; other 2 bands are large orange right angle crosses on faded purple ground.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-57727, described as Twined, false embroidery, bucket shaped, poor condition. 5 encircling design bands: top, bottom, and center are zigzags formed by 2 rows of staggered triangles; other 2 bands are large orange right angle crosses on faded purple ground.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-57727, described as Twined, false embroidery, bucket shaped, poor condition. 5 encircling design bands: top, bottom, and center are zigzags formed by 2 rows of staggered triangles; other 2 bands are large orange right angle crosses on faded purple ground.

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