Basket

Museum number:
2-62006
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3414
Object count:
1
Description:
Round, flat bottomed, straight sided. Coiled grass; lined with floral silk cloth; faded blue and straw-colored rectangles on sides of basket. Base damaged and breaking away. Made with a Japanese silk kimono fragment. Grass is wild rye grass leaves (Elymus mollis).
Donor:
Joan Dettmer, Robert Dettmer, and William Dettmer
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Lulah Murphy
Collection date:
1943
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Context of use:
Traditional basket probably lined by non-Eskimo user.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 18 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-62006, described as Round, flat bottomed, straight sided. Coiled grass; lined with floral silk cloth; faded blue and straw-colored rectangles on sides of basket. Base damaged and breaking away. Made with a Japanese silk kimono fragment. Grass is wild rye grass leaves (Elymus mollis).Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-62006, described as Round, flat bottomed, straight sided. Coiled grass; lined with floral silk cloth; faded blue and straw-colored rectangles on sides of basket. Base damaged and breaking away. Made with a Japanese silk kimono fragment. Grass is wild rye grass leaves (Elymus mollis).Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-62006, described as Round, flat bottomed, straight sided. Coiled grass; lined with floral silk cloth; faded blue and straw-colored rectangles on sides of basket. Base damaged and breaking away. Made with a Japanese silk kimono fragment. Grass is wild rye grass leaves (Elymus mollis).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-62006, described as Round, flat bottomed, straight sided. Coiled grass; lined with floral silk cloth; faded blue and straw-colored rectangles on sides of basket. Base damaged and breaking away. Made with a Japanese silk kimono fragment. Grass is wild rye grass leaves (Elymus mollis).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-62006, described as Round, flat bottomed, straight sided. Coiled grass; lined with floral silk cloth; faded blue and straw-colored rectangles on sides of basket. Base damaged and breaking away. Made with a Japanese silk kimono fragment. Grass is wild rye grass leaves (Elymus mollis).

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