Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-70197
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010070197
Alternate number:
69 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Coiled, plate shape. Tag "69 [inside a diamond] Insurance List. Mission Southern Calif". Tag on bottom "69 Mis". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl. Bundle foundation. The background wefts are tan juncus. The design wefts are orange and black dyed juncus. The designs are three zoomorphic designs including a bird as well as some abstract shapes. The basket has an interior workface and the work direction is to the right. The weft fag ends are primarily bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Southwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Southwest California tribes
Collector:
Capital Life Insurance Company list
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:
height 3 inches and diameter 9 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70197, described as Coiled, plate shape. Tag "69 [inside a diamond] Insurance List. Mission Southern Calif". Tag on bottom "69 Mis". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl. Bundle foundation. The background wefts are tan juncus. The design wefts are orange and black dyed juncus. The designs are three zoomorphic designs including a bird as well as some abstract shapes. The basket has an interior workface and the work direction is to the right. The weft fag ends are primarily bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70197, described as Coiled, plate shape. Tag "69 [inside a diamond] Insurance List. Mission Southern Calif". Tag on bottom "69 Mis". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl. Bundle foundation. The background wefts are tan juncus. The design wefts are orange and black dyed juncus. The designs are three zoomorphic designs including a bird as well as some abstract shapes. The basket has an interior workface and the work direction is to the right. The weft fag ends are primarily bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70197, described as Coiled, plate shape. Tag "69 [inside a diamond] Insurance List. Mission Southern Calif". Tag on bottom "69 Mis". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl. Bundle foundation. The background wefts are tan juncus. The design wefts are orange and black dyed juncus. The designs are three zoomorphic designs including a bird as well as some abstract shapes. The basket has an interior workface and the work direction is to the right. The weft fag ends are primarily bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-70197, described as Coiled, plate shape. Tag "69 [inside a diamond] Insurance List. Mission Southern Calif". Tag on bottom "69 Mis". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl. Bundle foundation. The background wefts are tan juncus. The design wefts are orange and black dyed juncus. The designs are three zoomorphic designs including a bird as well as some abstract shapes. The basket has an interior workface and the work direction is to the right. The weft fag ends are primarily bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending.

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