Basket

Museum number:
2-51755
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020051755
Alternate number:
21 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2563
Description:
Basin shaped, coiled; 5-lobed starlike center with projections to rim; dog-like animals and triangles on sides.
Donor:
Mr. W. W. Lyman, Sarah A. Lyman, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Central Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Riverside; Riverside
Culture or time period:
Western Apache
Collector:
Mr. W. W. Lyman
Collection date:
1903
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Tourist item.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 36 centimeters and height 8 centimeters
Comment:
W.W. Lyman says "Apache baskets were more expensive then than others, with Pima baskets being the cheapest.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-51755, described as Basin shaped, coiled; 5-lobed starlike center with projections to rim; dog-like animals and triangles on sides.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-51755, described as Basin shaped, coiled; 5-lobed starlike center with projections to rim; dog-like animals and triangles on sides.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-51755, described as Basin shaped, coiled; 5-lobed starlike center with projections to rim; dog-like animals and triangles on sides.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-51755, described as Basin shaped, coiled; 5-lobed starlike center with projections to rim; dog-like animals and triangles on sides.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-51755, described as Basin shaped, coiled; 5-lobed starlike center with projections to rim; dog-like animals and triangles on sides.

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