Basket

Museum number:
2-48501
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
146 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4296
Description:
Round with flat base, sides incurving at base; plaited grass strips woven over twig warp form body of basket, twigs in herringbone weave form rim and base, trimmed at rim and base with black dyed twig which has been tacked to basket.
Donor:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection place:
Eastern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; North America
Culture or time period:
Eastern Woodland tribes
Collector:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
January 4, 1988
Context of use:
Made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-48501, described as Round with flat base, sides incurving at base; plaited grass strips woven over twig warp form body of basket, twigs in herringbone weave form rim and base, trimmed at rim and base with black dyed twig which has been tacked to basket.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-48501, described as Round with flat base, sides incurving at base; plaited grass strips woven over twig warp form body of basket, twigs in herringbone weave form rim and base, trimmed at rim and base with black dyed twig which has been tacked to basket.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-48501, described as Round with flat base, sides incurving at base; plaited grass strips woven over twig warp form body of basket, twigs in herringbone weave form rim and base, trimmed at rim and base with black dyed twig which has been tacked to basket.

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