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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 3-1621, described as Wicker basket strengthened with rawhide.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 3-522, described as Basket.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 3-521, described as Basket.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 3-528, described as Basketry made by convicts in prison of San Juan de Ulúa; of Agave fibre.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry fan, accession number 3-530, described as Fan, palm fiber, woven, square; triangular handle with dividing brace at center; width: 20.0 cm, length (overall): 41.0 cm. Used for fanning charcoal in cooking fires.

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Gourd dish, accession number 3-1630, described as Cup, gourd (sawn in half) incised floral decoration on exterior; -1630 height 3.7 cm x rim diameter ca. 7.5 cm; -1631 height 3.4 cm x rim diameter 6.8 cm

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Gourd sieve, accession number 3-1628, described as sieve, gourd, round, with top cutoff; rows of small holes drilled in bottom two-thirds; incised floral design on upper one-third; H ca. 10.5 cm X rim Diam 9.4 cm

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Lacquered plate, accession number 3-543, described as Tray, wood, hand carved, lacquered; polychrome floral design on dark green background on inside of tray; flat rim lacquered red; length 47 cm x width 37 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Presentation basket, accession number 1-22478, described as Chumash coin-design presentation basket made by María Marta Zaputimeu, early 1800s. Three-rod juncus foundation is sewn with finely split sumac, black-dyed juncus, and a small amount of natural-orange juncus in the base design. The interior of the basket features the coat of arms of the Spanish kings repeated four times. This design was copied from a Spanish colonial coin known as the pillar dollar or piece of eight. The inscription reads "MARIA MARTA NEOFITA DE LA MISION DE EL SERAFICO DOCTOR SAN BVENAVENTVRA ME HIZO AN" (Maria Marta, neophyte of the mission of the Seraphic Doctor San Buenaventura made me [in the year]). According to Timbrook (2014), "María Marta Zaputimeu (also spelled Saputimehue) was a Chumash woman born at the village of S'omɨs, namesake of the present-day town of Semis. She was baptized at nearby Mission San Buenaventura on June 5, 1788, at about twenty-one years of age (Mission San Buenaventura 1782-1808:No. 363). She had no children and died in 1830." According to Timbrook (2014), close inspection reveals "that fluffy white feathers were inserted horizontally into the foundation on the nonwork face, as the basket was being woven. These appear only on the exterior and are associated only with the four vertical pillarlike design elements that alternate with the shield figures." According to Timbrook, the incorporation of feathers was a stunning departure from Chumash tradition: "this use of feathers is more like that seen in Ohlone and Pomo examples.... and until now has been completely unknown in Chumash basketry." Diameter: approximately 16¼ inches; height: 6½ inches. About 320 weft strands per inch. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 3-1621, described as Wicker basket strengthened with rawhide.

Basket

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 3-522, described as Basket.

Basket

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 3-521, described as Basket.

Basket

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 3-528, described as Basketry made by convicts in prison of San Juan de Ulúa; of Agave fibre.

Basket

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Hearst Museum object titled Basketry fan, accession number 3-530, described as Fan, palm fiber, woven, square; triangular handle with dividing brace at center; width: 20.0 cm, length (overall): 41.0 cm. Used for fanning charcoal in cooking fires.

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Gourd dish

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Gourd sieve

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Lacquered plate

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Hearst Museum object titled Presentation basket, accession number 1-22478, described as Chumash coin-design presentation basket made by María Marta Zaputimeu, early 1800s. Three-rod juncus foundation is sewn with finely split sumac, black-dyed juncus, and a small amount of natural-orange juncus in the base design. The interior of the basket features the coat of arms of the Spanish kings repeated four times. This design was copied from a Spanish colonial coin known as the pillar dollar or piece of eight. The inscription reads "MARIA MARTA NEOFITA DE LA MISION DE EL SERAFICO DOCTOR SAN BVENAVENTVRA ME HIZO AN" (Maria Marta, neophyte of the mission of the Seraphic Doctor San Buenaventura made me [in the year]). According to Timbrook (2014), "María Marta Zaputimeu (also spelled Saputimehue) was a Chumash woman born at the village of S'omɨs, namesake of the present-day town of Semis. She was baptized at nearby Mission San Buenaventura on June 5, 1788, at about twenty-one years of age (Mission San Buenaventura 1782-1808:No. 363). She had no children and died in 1830." According to Timbrook (2014), close inspection reveals "that fluffy white feathers were inserted horizontally into the foundation on the nonwork face, as the basket was being woven. These appear only on the exterior and are associated only with the four vertical pillarlike design elements that alternate with the shield figures." According to Timbrook, the incorporation of feathers was a stunning departure from Chumash tradition: "this use of feathers is more like that seen in Ohlone and Pomo examples.... and until now has been completely unknown in Chumash basketry." Diameter: approximately 16¼ inches; height: 6½ inches. About 320 weft strands per inch. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.

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5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions1 objects

D2015.001: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History/Jan Timbrook (March 4, 2015–n/a)1 objects
S1963-1964 #73: University of California, Santa Barbara (March 18, 1964–April 17, 1965)1 objects
S1968-1969 #102: Mission High School (April 16, 1969–April 29, 1969)1 objects
S1970-1971 #132: California State University, East Bay/Vera Mae Frederickson (May 17, 1971–April 10, 1972)1 objects
S1977-1978 #6: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Nelson H.H. Graburn (September 9, 1977–September 13, 1977)1 objects
S1996-1997 #1: Crocker Art Museum (July 26, 1996–July 8, 1997)1 objects
S1997-1998 #4: Oakland Museum of California (January 16, 1998–December 9, 1999)1 objects
S2009-2010 #10: Thacher Gallery (Univ. of San Francisco) (August 2, 2010–December 20, 2010)1 objects
S2015-2016 #3: Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley) (May 5, 2016–August 2, 2016)1 objects

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