Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-71394
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Coiled, bowl-shaped with flat bottom; black designs. 3-rod foundation. Tag scratched out "Maidu". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled globular basket bowl. The basket has a three rod willow foundation. The background material is probably willow. The design material is probably devils claw. The design is a horizontal band of triangles, with a band of triangles with extended ends, and slashes at the rim. The basket has an exterior workface and is woven in a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are concealed. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending. The basket is likeley to be from Desert California Tribes or the Southwest United States.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Southeastern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
California Desert tribes
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 16 centimeters and height 9.3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-71394, described as Coiled, bowl-shaped with flat bottom; black designs. 3-rod foundation. Tag scratched out "Maidu". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled globular basket bowl. The basket has a three rod willow foundation. The background material is probably willow. The design material is probably devils claw. The design is a horizontal band of triangles, with a band of triangles with extended ends, and slashes at the rim. The basket has an exterior workface and is woven in a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are concealed. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending. The basket is likeley to be from Desert California Tribes or the Southwest United States.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-71394, described as Coiled, bowl-shaped with flat bottom; black designs. 3-rod foundation. Tag scratched out "Maidu". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled globular basket bowl. The basket has a three rod willow foundation. The background material is probably willow. The design material is probably devils claw. The design is a horizontal band of triangles, with a band of triangles with extended ends, and slashes at the rim. The basket has an exterior workface and is woven in a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are concealed. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending. The basket is likeley to be from Desert California Tribes or the Southwest United States.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-71394, described as Coiled, bowl-shaped with flat bottom; black designs. 3-rod foundation. Tag scratched out "Maidu". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled globular basket bowl. The basket has a three rod willow foundation. The background material is probably willow. The design material is probably devils claw. The design is a horizontal band of triangles, with a band of triangles with extended ends, and slashes at the rim. The basket has an exterior workface and is woven in a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are concealed. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending. The basket is likeley to be from Desert California Tribes or the Southwest United States.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-71394, described as Coiled, bowl-shaped with flat bottom; black designs. 3-rod foundation. Tag scratched out "Maidu". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled globular basket bowl. The basket has a three rod willow foundation. The background material is probably willow. The design material is probably devils claw. The design is a horizontal band of triangles, with a band of triangles with extended ends, and slashes at the rim. The basket has an exterior workface and is woven in a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are concealed. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending. The basket is likeley to be from Desert California Tribes or the Southwest United States.

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