Plaque

Museum number:
1-230671
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010230671
Accession number:
Acc.2563
Description:
Twined basketry; large circular straw-colored design with zigzag edges and red-brown curved design ending in triangles near center of plaque.
Donor:
Mr. W. W. Lyman, Sarah A. Lyman, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
Mr. W. W. Lyman
Collection date:
1925
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket plaques and Plaques (flat objects)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Novelty.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 22.8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Plaque, accession number 1-230671, described as Twined basketry; large circular straw-colored design with zigzag edges and red-brown curved design ending in triangles near center of plaque.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Plaque, accession number 1-230671, described as Twined basketry; large circular straw-colored design with zigzag edges and red-brown curved design ending in triangles near center of plaque.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 1-230671, described as Twined basketry; large circular straw-colored design with zigzag edges and red-brown curved design ending in triangles near center of plaque.

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