Basket with lid

Museum number:
2-61990a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1F (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3437
Description:
(a) Round basket, with (b) unattached lid. Made of brown ash splints and sweetgrass; blue, green, natural; wickerweave. Raised surface of wicker loops. Some damage to lid pull ring loops.
Donor:
Susan MacCulloch Stevens and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Passamaquoddy Indian Township Reservation, Washington County, Maine
Verbatim coll. place:
Maine; Indian Township Reservation
Culture or time period:
Passamaquoddy
Maker or artist:
Lillian Stevens [Passamaquoddy]
Collector:
Susan MacCulloch Stevens
Collection date:
December 23, 1973
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Context of use:
Container for trinkets.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— height 7.7 centimeters, (a)— diameter 12.1 centimeters, (b)— diameter 12 centimeters, and (b)— height 6 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: Chig-e-guissuk (frog warts). References: "The Explorer" vol 17, no. 3, Fall 1975, pp 4-12, Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Loans:
S2008-2009 #9a: SFO Museum (February 11, 2009–January 11, 2010)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-61990a,b, described as (a) Round basket, with (b) unattached lid. Made of brown ash splints and sweetgrass; blue, green, natural; wickerweave. Raised surface of wicker loops. Some damage to lid pull ring loops.Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-61990a,b, described as (a) Round basket, with (b) unattached lid. Made of brown ash splints and sweetgrass; blue, green, natural; wickerweave. Raised surface of wicker loops. Some damage to lid pull ring loops.Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-61990a,b, described as (a) Round basket, with (b) unattached lid. Made of brown ash splints and sweetgrass; blue, green, natural; wickerweave. Raised surface of wicker loops. Some damage to lid pull ring loops.Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-61990a,b, described as (a) Round basket, with (b) unattached lid. Made of brown ash splints and sweetgrass; blue, green, natural; wickerweave. Raised surface of wicker loops. Some damage to lid pull ring loops.Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-61990a,b, described as (a) Round basket, with (b) unattached lid. Made of brown ash splints and sweetgrass; blue, green, natural; wickerweave. Raised surface of wicker loops. Some damage to lid pull ring loops.Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-61990a,b, described as (a) Round basket, with (b) unattached lid. Made of brown ash splints and sweetgrass; blue, green, natural; wickerweave. Raised surface of wicker loops. Some damage to lid pull ring loops.Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-61990a,b, described as (a) Round basket, with (b) unattached lid. Made of brown ash splints and sweetgrass; blue, green, natural; wickerweave. Raised surface of wicker loops. Some damage to lid pull ring loops.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-61990a,b, described as (a) Round basket, with (b) unattached lid. Made of brown ash splints and sweetgrass; blue, green, natural; wickerweave. Raised surface of wicker loops. Some damage to lid pull ring loops.

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