Basket

Museum number:
1-71030
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010071030
Alternate number:
18 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.838
Object count:
2
Count note:
1 bag of fragments
Description:
Basket used in dance. Twined, with feathers attached.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Used in dance.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 5 inches and length 12 inches
Comment:
Remarks: "Donated 2-19-45
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-71030, described as Basket used in dance. Twined, with feathers attached.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-71030, described as Basket used in dance. Twined, with feathers attached.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-71030, described as Basket used in dance. Twined, with feathers attached.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-71030, described as Basket used in dance. Twined, with feathers attached.

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