Basket

Museum number:
2-61986
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020061986
Alternate number:
1B (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3437
Object count:
1
Description:
Rectangular, with one side rising higher into triangular shape; topped by loop for hanging. Made of brown ash, checker plaited.
Donor:
Susan MacCulloch Stevens and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mitown, Nova Scotia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; Nova Scotia; Mitown
Culture or time period:
Mi'kmaq
Collector:
Susan MacCulloch Stevens
Collection date:
October 15, 1969
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Context of use:
Container for combs and brushes, hangs in bathroom.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 22.7 centimeters and height 21.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-61986, described as Rectangular, with one side rising higher into triangular shape; topped by loop for hanging. Made of brown ash, checker plaited.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-61986, described as Rectangular, with one side rising higher into triangular shape; topped by loop for hanging. Made of brown ash, checker plaited.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-61986, described as Rectangular, with one side rising higher into triangular shape; topped by loop for hanging. Made of brown ash, checker plaited.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-61986, described as Rectangular, with one side rising higher into triangular shape; topped by loop for hanging. Made of brown ash, checker plaited.

Tools