Berry basket

Museum number:
2-20098
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
117 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.485
Description:
Twined, with 2 handles, bucket shaped, 2 encircling bands at top, woven of spruce root material. Handles damaged.
Donor:
Gertrude C. Shoemaker
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
David Shoemaker
Collection date:
1915
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Berry baskets (food storage) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
1915
Context of use:
For gathering berries.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 15 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Berry basket, accession number 2-20098, described as Twined, with 2 handles, bucket shaped, 2 encircling bands at top, woven of spruce root material. Handles damaged.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Berry basket, accession number 2-20098, described as Twined, with 2 handles, bucket shaped, 2 encircling bands at top, woven of spruce root material. Handles damaged.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Berry basket, accession number 2-20098, described as Twined, with 2 handles, bucket shaped, 2 encircling bands at top, woven of spruce root material. Handles damaged.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Berry basket, accession number 2-20098, described as Twined, with 2 handles, bucket shaped, 2 encircling bands at top, woven of spruce root material. Handles damaged.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Berry basket, accession number 2-20098, described as Twined, with 2 handles, bucket shaped, 2 encircling bands at top, woven of spruce root material. Handles damaged.

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