Basket

Museum number:
2-19
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020000019
Alternate number:
58 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.101
Description:
Tule basket; rectangular; made of tule rushes and Xerophyllum (?); spiral lattice weave; checker weave bottom.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Vancouver Island
Culture or time period:
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 7.5 inches, 9 meters, and height 5.5 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Basket, accession number 2-19, described as Tule basket; rectangular; made of tule rushes and Xerophyllum (?); spiral lattice weave; checker weave bottom.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Basket, accession number 2-19, described as Tule basket; rectangular; made of tule rushes and Xerophyllum (?); spiral lattice weave; checker weave bottom.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Basket, accession number 2-19, described as Tule basket; rectangular; made of tule rushes and Xerophyllum (?); spiral lattice weave; checker weave bottom.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Basket, accession number 2-19, described as Tule basket; rectangular; made of tule rushes and Xerophyllum (?); spiral lattice weave; checker weave bottom.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-19, described as Tule basket; rectangular; made of tule rushes and Xerophyllum (?); spiral lattice weave; checker weave bottom.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-19, described as Tule basket; rectangular; made of tule rushes and Xerophyllum (?); spiral lattice weave; checker weave bottom.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-19, described as Tule basket; rectangular; made of tule rushes and Xerophyllum (?); spiral lattice weave; checker weave bottom.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-19, described as Tule basket; rectangular; made of tule rushes and Xerophyllum (?); spiral lattice weave; checker weave bottom.

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