Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-20905
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
214 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.511
Description:
Large, deep, coiled. With one broad band in light brown, bordered by black serrations. Tag on side bottom "Cahuilla" and on the bottom "No. 27[?] Property of Mrs. George H. Taylor Fresno, Cal." Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled burden/storage basket. Deergrass bundle foundation. Weft designs are black dyed juncus and orange juncas. The background wefts appears to be tan juncus. The design is a band of orange juncus surrounded above and below by bands of black dyed juncus undulations. One short line of black dyed juncus is at the side. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The start is tightly woven. The weft fag ends are bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with a herringbone ending, with the very end missing. Based on the techniques, design, and materials, this basket is from the Cahuilla.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
San Bernardino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern
Culture or time period:
Cahuilla
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Context of use:
Used for wash tub.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 20.5 inches and width 12.5 inches
Comment:
Photo: 15-12304. Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, p. 93" "Figured in Mason's "Aboriginal Basketry."
Loans:
S1962-1963 #8: Four Winds Club, Oakland YWCA (September 13, 1962–September 17, 1962)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20905, described as Large, deep, coiled. With one broad band in light brown, bordered by black serrations. Tag on side bottom "Cahuilla" and on the bottom "No. 27[?] Property of Mrs. George H. Taylor Fresno, Cal." Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled burden/storage basket. Deergrass bundle foundation. Weft designs are black dyed juncus and orange juncas. The background wefts appears to be tan juncus. The design is a band of orange juncus surrounded above and below by bands of black dyed juncus undulations. One short line of black dyed juncus is at the side. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The start is tightly woven. The weft fag ends are bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with a herringbone ending, with the very end missing. Based on the techniques, design, and materials, this basket is from the Cahuilla.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20905, described as Large, deep, coiled. With one broad band in light brown, bordered by black serrations. Tag on side bottom "Cahuilla" and on the bottom "No. 27[?] Property of Mrs. George H. Taylor Fresno, Cal." Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled burden/storage basket. Deergrass bundle foundation. Weft designs are black dyed juncus and orange juncas. The background wefts appears to be tan juncus. The design is a band of orange juncus surrounded above and below by bands of black dyed juncus undulations. One short line of black dyed juncus is at the side. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The start is tightly woven. The weft fag ends are bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with a herringbone ending, with the very end missing. Based on the techniques, design, and materials, this basket is from the Cahuilla.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20905, described as Large, deep, coiled. With one broad band in light brown, bordered by black serrations. Tag on side bottom "Cahuilla" and on the bottom "No. 27[?] Property of Mrs. George H. Taylor Fresno, Cal." Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled burden/storage basket. Deergrass bundle foundation. Weft designs are black dyed juncus and orange juncas. The background wefts appears to be tan juncus. The design is a band of orange juncus surrounded above and below by bands of black dyed juncus undulations. One short line of black dyed juncus is at the side. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The start is tightly woven. The weft fag ends are bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with a herringbone ending, with the very end missing. Based on the techniques, design, and materials, this basket is from the Cahuilla.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20905, described as Large, deep, coiled. With one broad band in light brown, bordered by black serrations. Tag on side bottom "Cahuilla" and on the bottom "No. 27[?] Property of Mrs. George H. Taylor Fresno, Cal." Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled burden/storage basket. Deergrass bundle foundation. Weft designs are black dyed juncus and orange juncas. The background wefts appears to be tan juncus. The design is a band of orange juncus surrounded above and below by bands of black dyed juncus undulations. One short line of black dyed juncus is at the side. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The start is tightly woven. The weft fag ends are bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with a herringbone ending, with the very end missing. Based on the techniques, design, and materials, this basket is from the Cahuilla.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20905, described as Large, deep, coiled. With one broad band in light brown, bordered by black serrations. Tag on side bottom "Cahuilla" and on the bottom "No. 27[?] Property of Mrs. George H. Taylor Fresno, Cal." Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled burden/storage basket. Deergrass bundle foundation. Weft designs are black dyed juncus and orange juncas. The background wefts appears to be tan juncus. The design is a band of orange juncus surrounded above and below by bands of black dyed juncus undulations. One short line of black dyed juncus is at the side. The basket has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The start is tightly woven. The weft fag ends are bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with a herringbone ending, with the very end missing. Based on the techniques, design, and materials, this basket is from the Cahuilla.

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