Basket

Museum number:
2-68281
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4058
Description:
Round with neck, flat bottom. Remnants of a circular design using red and black wool yarn and dark colored cotton string, natural color ground. Upper area distorted and broken. Twined; made with grass.
Donor:
C. Gerald Clear
Collection place:
North American Arctic
Verbatim coll. place:
; North America
Culture or time period:
Eskimo
Collector:
Doward
Collection date:
ca. 1900-1910
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 21 centimeters and diameter 18 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-68281, described as Round with neck, flat bottom. Remnants of a circular design using red and black wool yarn and dark colored cotton string, natural color ground. Upper area distorted and broken. Twined; made with grass.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-68281, described as Round with neck, flat bottom. Remnants of a circular design using red and black wool yarn and dark colored cotton string, natural color ground. Upper area distorted and broken. Twined; made with grass.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68281, described as Round with neck, flat bottom. Remnants of a circular design using red and black wool yarn and dark colored cotton string, natural color ground. Upper area distorted and broken. Twined; made with grass.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68281, described as Round with neck, flat bottom. Remnants of a circular design using red and black wool yarn and dark colored cotton string, natural color ground. Upper area distorted and broken. Twined; made with grass.

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