Paiute Bead-Covered Trade Basket

Coiled Basket

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New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Paiute Bead-Covered Trade Basket

Entry/Object ID

NU 2021.40

Description

A coiled, circular basket covered in decorative beading. The beading consists of a white background, with blue and orange zigzag patterns throughout the middle, with a green border along the top and bottom, and small green stripes right above and below the borders. There are also small loops of white beads with one blue bead hanging inside the basket, from the rim. On the bottom of the basket is a white star pattern with teal stripes on a blue background.

Collection

History Collection

Cataloged By

registrar@numulosgatos.org

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Great Basin

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Paiute
Native American

Notes

Previous documentation indicates that the basket is modern.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Basket, Trinket

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Personal Carrying & Storage Gear

Nomenclature Class

Personal Gear

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Old Object Number

Other Number

A 14

Number Type

Old Accession Number

Other Number

NH 3

Dimensions

Height

2-5/8 in

Diameter

4-5/8 in

Material

Beads, Sweetgrass

Other Decoration Materials and Types

Decoration Material

Beads

Decoration Type

Applied

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Dr. Ethel Dana Atkinson

Notes

Donor

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Gift of Ethel Dana Atkinson

Owner/Agent

Dr. Ethel Dana Atkinson

Acquisition Method

Gift

Acquisition Date

Jan 5, 1967