Burden basket

Museum number:
2-44873
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2447
Description:
Burden basket; rounded rectangular form, imbricated, overall design is black-dyed vertical columns of cross-like motifs, rawhide and string loops at top.
Donor:
Older University Collections
Collection place:
British Columbia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia
Culture or time period:
Thompson River tribes
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
ca. 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Burden basket. Note from Arthur Wurburton says basket formerly used as office waste basket.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 37.5 centimeters and width 49.2 centimeters
Comment:
References: Haeberlin et al, "Coiled Basketry in British Columbia and Surrounding Region," Pl. 32A.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Burden basket, accession number 2-44873, described as Burden basket; rounded rectangular form, imbricated, overall design is black-dyed vertical columns of cross-like motifs, rawhide and string loops at top.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Burden basket, accession number 2-44873, described as Burden basket; rounded rectangular form, imbricated, overall design is black-dyed vertical columns of cross-like motifs, rawhide and string loops at top.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 2-44873, described as Burden basket; rounded rectangular form, imbricated, overall design is black-dyed vertical columns of cross-like motifs, rawhide and string loops at top.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 2-44873, described as Burden basket; rounded rectangular form, imbricated, overall design is black-dyed vertical columns of cross-like motifs, rawhide and string loops at top.

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