Accession No
E 1898.40 B
Description
Medium sized basket with three V- shaped designs descending from rim, with light central section, edged by reddish brown line, yellow line and bordered with dark brown stepped edge.
Place
Americas; North America; USA; Washington
Period
Source
Balfour, Thomas
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
E 1898.40 B; MAA: E 1898.40
Cultural Affliation
Northwest Coast; Klickitat
Material
Root; Cedar; Bark; Cherry; Grass
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Medium sized basket with three V- shaped designs descending from rim, with light central section, edged by reddish brown line, yellow line and bordered with dark brown stepped edge.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
The catalogue card states the baskets were " made by Klickitat Indian woven of cedar roots and " squa" grass." The Klickitat Indians come from the interior of Washington State. A small old label for E 1898.40 B was found wrapped with basket 1924.688 B, it has been placed with its original basket. (G.Crowther). The original European tribal names and, where possible, current tribal names have both been given in separate GLT fields.; The catalogue card states the baskets were " used for carrying huckleberries from the mountains." Exhibited: E) Old anthropological displays at CUMAA, case 36, dismantled 22081986.; Collected in ?- - 1895; ?- - 1896; ?- - 1897; ?- - 1898
Event Date 1/11/1992
Author: maa
FM:327210
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