Basket

Museum number:
1-255619
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010255619
Alternate number:
27 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4001
Description:
Round with concave bottom, incurving at top. Circular triangle and linear design in dark brown on natural ground. Conifer root, white grass, maidenhair fern, plain twined with half twist overlay.
Donor:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 6.5 centimeters and diameter 10.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-255619, described as Round with concave bottom, incurving at top. Circular triangle and linear design in dark brown on natural ground. Conifer root, white grass, maidenhair fern, plain twined with half twist overlay.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-255619, described as Round with concave bottom, incurving at top. Circular triangle and linear design in dark brown on natural ground. Conifer root, white grass, maidenhair fern, plain twined with half twist overlay.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-255619, described as Round with concave bottom, incurving at top. Circular triangle and linear design in dark brown on natural ground. Conifer root, white grass, maidenhair fern, plain twined with half twist overlay.

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