Basket

Museum number:

2-4291a,b

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21024291a@2cb

Alternate number:

x-437 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.167

Object count:

2

Description:

Coiled basket with lid. Coiled grass; lid coiled from a disk of leather; westernized form.

Donor:

Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections

Collection place:

North American Arctic

Verbatim coll. place:

; North America

Culture or time period:

Eskimo

Collector:

unknown

Collection date:

unknown

Materials:

Leather

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving

Function:

1.5 Household and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions

Accession date:

1904

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)

Dimensions:

height 15 centimeters

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