Creel

Museum number:
2-61987
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1C (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3437
Description:
With hinged lid, square base. Lid damaged by the square hole in the center. Made of brown ash; checker plaited.
Donor:
Susan MacCulloch Stevens and University Appropriation
Collection place:
across from Indian Island, Penobscot Reservation, Penobscot County
Verbatim coll. place:
Maine; Old Town (across from Indian Island, the Penobscot Reservation)
Culture or time period:
Penobscot
Collector:
Susan MacCulloch Stevens
Collection date:
July 25, 1974
Materials:
Brown ash (wood)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Context of use:
Container for caught fish.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 26.5 centimeters and height 21 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Creel, accession number 2-61987, described as With hinged lid, square base. Lid damaged by the square hole in the center. Made of brown ash; checker plaited.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Creel, accession number 2-61987, described as With hinged lid, square base. Lid damaged by the square hole in the center. Made of brown ash; checker plaited.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Creel, accession number 2-61987, described as With hinged lid, square base. Lid damaged by the square hole in the center. Made of brown ash; checker plaited.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Creel, accession number 2-61987, described as With hinged lid, square base. Lid damaged by the square hole in the center. Made of brown ash; checker plaited.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Creel, accession number 2-61987, described as With hinged lid, square base. Lid damaged by the square hole in the center. Made of brown ash; checker plaited.

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