Basket and lid

Museum number:
2-71656a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210271656a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4542
Description:
Cylindrical lidded. 2 borders of orange rectangles, top and bottom. Center has random squares in red, white, pink and yellow bordered by yellow and white zigzag. Lid has same pattern with 2 inner red circles. Rim, lid and bottom are torn in many areas, especially the lid. Made of spruce root, commercial thread. Twined, with false embroidery.
Donor:
Burch Family
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
Mary C. Burch
Collection date:
Before 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
August 19, 1991
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— height 16 inches, (a)— width 20 inches, (b)— height 3.5 inches, and (b)— width 20.5 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-71656a,b, described as Cylindrical lidded. 2 borders of orange rectangles, top and bottom. Center has random squares in red, white, pink and yellow bordered by yellow and white zigzag. Lid has same pattern with 2 inner red circles. Rim, lid and bottom are torn in many areas, especially the lid. Made of spruce root, commercial thread. Twined, with false embroidery.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-71656a,b, described as Cylindrical lidded. 2 borders of orange rectangles, top and bottom. Center has random squares in red, white, pink and yellow bordered by yellow and white zigzag. Lid has same pattern with 2 inner red circles. Rim, lid and bottom are torn in many areas, especially the lid. Made of spruce root, commercial thread. Twined, with false embroidery.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-71656a,b, described as Cylindrical lidded. 2 borders of orange rectangles, top and bottom. Center has random squares in red, white, pink and yellow bordered by yellow and white zigzag. Lid has same pattern with 2 inner red circles. Rim, lid and bottom are torn in many areas, especially the lid. Made of spruce root, commercial thread. Twined, with false embroidery.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-71656a,b, described as Cylindrical lidded. 2 borders of orange rectangles, top and bottom. Center has random squares in red, white, pink and yellow bordered by yellow and white zigzag. Lid has same pattern with 2 inner red circles. Rim, lid and bottom are torn in many areas, especially the lid. Made of spruce root, commercial thread. Twined, with false embroidery.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-71656a,b, described as Cylindrical lidded. 2 borders of orange rectangles, top and bottom. Center has random squares in red, white, pink and yellow bordered by yellow and white zigzag. Lid has same pattern with 2 inner red circles. Rim, lid and bottom are torn in many areas, especially the lid. Made of spruce root, commercial thread. Twined, with false embroidery.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-71656a,b, described as Cylindrical lidded. 2 borders of orange rectangles, top and bottom. Center has random squares in red, white, pink and yellow bordered by yellow and white zigzag. Lid has same pattern with 2 inner red circles. Rim, lid and bottom are torn in many areas, especially the lid. Made of spruce root, commercial thread. Twined, with false embroidery.

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