Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-70146
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010070146
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Coiled, plate shape. Snake design. Tag: "Mission Type. Snake" Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl with sloping sides. Appears not to have been used. Deergrass bundle foundation. The basket has juncus wefts, with tan background and orange design. The basket has a coiled diamondback rattlesnake design. The workface is on the interior, with a rightward work direction. The basket has bound under weft fag ends. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending that has backstitching, herringbone stitching and plain wrapped wefts.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Southwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Southwest California 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:
diameter 14 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70146, described as Coiled, plate shape. Snake design. Tag: "Mission Type. Snake" Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl with sloping sides. Appears not to have been used. Deergrass bundle foundation. The basket has juncus wefts, with tan background and orange design. The basket has a coiled diamondback rattlesnake design. The workface is on the interior, with a rightward work direction. The basket has bound under weft fag ends. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending that has backstitching, herringbone stitching and plain wrapped wefts.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70146, described as Coiled, plate shape. Snake design. Tag: "Mission Type. Snake" Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl with sloping sides. Appears not to have been used. Deergrass bundle foundation. The basket has juncus wefts, with tan background and orange design. The basket has a coiled diamondback rattlesnake design. The workface is on the interior, with a rightward work direction. The basket has bound under weft fag ends. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending that has backstitching, herringbone stitching and plain wrapped wefts.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70146, described as Coiled, plate shape. Snake design. Tag: "Mission Type. Snake" Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl with sloping sides. Appears not to have been used. Deergrass bundle foundation. The basket has juncus wefts, with tan background and orange design. The basket has a coiled diamondback rattlesnake design. The workface is on the interior, with a rightward work direction. The basket has bound under weft fag ends. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending that has backstitching, herringbone stitching and plain wrapped wefts.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70146, described as Coiled, plate shape. Snake design. Tag: "Mission Type. Snake" Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl with sloping sides. Appears not to have been used. Deergrass bundle foundation. The basket has juncus wefts, with tan background and orange design. The basket has a coiled diamondback rattlesnake design. The workface is on the interior, with a rightward work direction. The basket has bound under weft fag ends. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending that has backstitching, herringbone stitching and plain wrapped wefts.

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