Case

Museum number:
2-36901a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210236901a@2cb
Alternate number:
287, a (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
With cover. Twined grass; silk false embroidery; crossed warp gauze; natural ground; red, blue, yellow, green dots and bands.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Aleutian Islands
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
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:
1909
Context of use:
A popular item made for sale (fide Lydia Black).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
11.5 inches, 12 centimeters, width 6 centimeters, and width 6.5 centimeters
Comment:
A popular item made for sale (fide Lydia Black).
Loans:
S1981-1982 #65: Artrain (July 30, 1982–December 14, 1983)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Case, accession number 2-36901a,b, described as With cover. Twined grass; silk false embroidery; crossed warp gauze; natural ground; red, blue, yellow, green dots and bands.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Case, accession number 2-36901a,b, described as With cover. Twined grass; silk false embroidery; crossed warp gauze; natural ground; red, blue, yellow, green dots and bands.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Case, accession number 2-36901a,b, described as With cover. Twined grass; silk false embroidery; crossed warp gauze; natural ground; red, blue, yellow, green dots and bands.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Case, accession number 2-36901a,b, described as With cover. Twined grass; silk false embroidery; crossed warp gauze; natural ground; red, blue, yellow, green dots and bands.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Case, accession number 2-36901a,b, described as With cover. Twined grass; silk false embroidery; crossed warp gauze; natural ground; red, blue, yellow, green dots and bands.

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