BASKET

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

BASKET

Entry/Object ID

143/4045

Description

TWINED/ 3 LOOPS ON RIM/TAN/CREAM/CAT. SAYS LARGE COOKING BASKET

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Date made

1900

Place

Continent

North America

Notes

Research done by Sherril Lewis

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Olympic Peninsula

State/Province

Washington

Culture/Tribe

Hoh Tribe
Native American

Notes

Chala-at, Chemakum ethno-linguistic group (note by Sherril Lewis, entered by SBE 9/18/2024)

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Basket

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Dimensions

Depth

10 in

Diameter

13 in

Parts

Count

1

Materials

Material

PLANT

Material Notes

Foundation – cedar bark twined with strips of pine root and hemp rushes. Grasses died by steeping in the roots of plants. (note by Sherril Lewis, entered by SBE 9/18/2024)

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

GRACE NICHOLSON; PASADENA, CALIF. HLG LEDGER VOL. II, p. 45 B, ITEM # 2 INVOICE DATE 4/30/1910 Purchased by Harry L. George from Grace Nicholson, Pasadena, CA (167) on April 30, 1910 for $12.00