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Basket and lid
Museum number:
2-13596a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210213596a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.100KM
Description:
a) Basket with b) knobbed lid; coiled; colored yarns (blue, red, pink, and grey) form geometric allover pattern on lid and basket, yarn work face on interior of basket. Made of grass.
Donor:
Mrs. F. W. Searle
Collection place:
Bristol Bay, Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Bristol Bay; Alaganok
Culture or time period:
Aglegmiut Eskimo
Collector:
Florence Searle
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
March 1930
Context of use:
To contain household articles or clothing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 22 centimeters and diameter 21 centimeters
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