Donor: Grace Blair DePue / Culture or time period: California Desert tribes - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-70283, described as Coiled, globular, snake design.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-70266, described as Coiled plaque.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-70263, described as Coiled tray. Black design in cat's-claw, Martynia.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-70296, described as Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-70267, described as Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-71475, described as Coiled, bowl shape basket. Accompanying tag reads: "Basket. Round, flat base, design of butterflies alternating with flowers in brown on natural ground. H. - 10.8cm., diam. - 23.7 cm. Materials, techniques: Devil's claw, tule root, coiled. 7-19-1995. Attached paper tag attributes basket to Washo, found on Washo shelf. L. Dawson attributes basket to Panamint on the basis of the materials, workmanship, stitch type, and splices." Tag on Basket: "Washo Sept. 27, 1938 made by Laura M. 9" dia. 4" hi. L.L.L." Per Ralph Shanks: rightward warp, in Panamint style. Willow background with bulrush root (tule root scirpus) for black. Foundation is mostly 3 rod. Rim is single rod. 12 pointed star on bottom with 8 pointed star inside that, on sides are European inspired designs of butterflies and flowers. Butterflies are yellow on the inside of bowl.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-70238, described as Coiled, bottleneck. Tag: "Mission Type". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled bottleneck treasure basket shaped with a shoulder and neck. The foundation is deergrass bundle. The wefts are a peeled shoot such as willow or sumac, orange juncus, a black material that doesn't appear to be juncus, as well as a mottled dark brown material at the rim. The designs are three stepped designs starting at the base and ending at the shoulder. There are three to four undecorated coils at the rim. The basket has a rightward work direction and an exterior workface, with primarily clipped weft fag ends with some bound under fag ends. The basket has a plain wrapped brown rim with a tapered coil terminating in a herringbone stitch in the last 1/2 inch. Is most likeley from the eastern/ desert California.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-70268, described as Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-70554, described as Coiled, bottleneck shape; black, white and red designs on buff. White design material is bird feather quill.