Carrying basket

Museum number:
1-10204
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010204
Alternate number:
324 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
Carrying basket; twined. Warp, weft, and rim are Willow (Salix). Burden basket, diagonal twined, with interstices filled with soaproot juice to make basket seed-tight. Bottom has leather reinforcement, and there is a reinforcing willow hoop at rim. No decoration. Made of shoots, willow.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Quartz, Tuolumne County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Tuolumne; Quartz
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Taxon:
Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carrying baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used to transport seeds and other harvested food products.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 51 centimeters and height 67 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-10204, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp, weft, and rim are Willow (Salix). Burden basket, diagonal twined, with interstices filled with soaproot juice to make basket seed-tight. Bottom has leather reinforcement, and there is a reinforcing willow hoop at rim. No decoration. Made of shoots, willow.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-10204, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp, weft, and rim are Willow (Salix). Burden basket, diagonal twined, with interstices filled with soaproot juice to make basket seed-tight. Bottom has leather reinforcement, and there is a reinforcing willow hoop at rim. No decoration. Made of shoots, willow.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-10204, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp, weft, and rim are Willow (Salix). Burden basket, diagonal twined, with interstices filled with soaproot juice to make basket seed-tight. Bottom has leather reinforcement, and there is a reinforcing willow hoop at rim. No decoration. Made of shoots, willow.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-10204, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp, weft, and rim are Willow (Salix). Burden basket, diagonal twined, with interstices filled with soaproot juice to make basket seed-tight. Bottom has leather reinforcement, and there is a reinforcing willow hoop at rim. No decoration. Made of shoots, willow.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-10204, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp, weft, and rim are Willow (Salix). Burden basket, diagonal twined, with interstices filled with soaproot juice to make basket seed-tight. Bottom has leather reinforcement, and there is a reinforcing willow hoop at rim. No decoration. Made of shoots, willow.

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