Baleen Basket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Jan 1994
label: Collection Date
content: Early 1930's
name: label: Collector
content: Caroline Van Hoose
label: Donor Name
content: Caroline Van Hoose
notes: label: Notes
content: (1/2)ROUND BASKET HAS FLAT BASE, FLARING SIDES & ROUND OPENING. MADE FROM THIN BALEEN WEFTS & THICKER, ROUNDER DARKER WARPS. BOTTOM HAS ROUND FLAT IVORY DISC W/ BORED HOLES AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE FOR THREADING THE WEFTS THROUGH. LIGHTER COLORED HORIZONTAL BALEEN STRIP IS DECORATIVE DESIGN MIDWAY ON BODY. (2/2) LID IS SLIGHTLY CONIAL, MADE OF SAME MATERIAL & HAS SAME DESIGN AS BODY. EXTERIOR HAS CARVED POLAR BEAR W/ SCRIMSHAW DETAILS PLUG ON TOP OF ROUND, FLAT IVORY DISC. ALSO HAS BORED HOLES AROUND CIRCUMFERENCE FOR THREADING WEFTS THROUGH. LID INTERIOR HAS A LIP TO FIT INTO OPENING. CONDITIONS: BROKEN BALEEN STRIPS (IN RIM OF LID'S LIP, BOTTOM OF BASKET). MADE BY ETHEL WASHINGTON (1889-1967).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Feb 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Kotzebue, Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390932
label: USNM Number
content: E428114-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Basket
content: 8 cm
label: Height - Basket
content: 4 cm
label: Diameter - Lid
content: 7.7 cm
label: Height - Lid
content: 3 cm