Basket

Museum number:
1-255563
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010255563
Accession number:
Acc.3877
Description:
Twined. Bottom is brown with sawtooth border. Rows of black geometric figures up and down the sides in three V's with the letters T, T, and H; edge has rows of black and brown. Edge is pushed into oval shape; bottom has slight kick. Full-twist overlay design work.
Donor:
Francis A. Riddell
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Wintu
Collector:
Francis A. Riddell
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1983
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 18 centimeters and diameter 25.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-255563, described as Twined. Bottom is brown with sawtooth border. Rows of black geometric figures up and down the sides in three V's with the letters T, T, and H; edge has rows of black and brown. Edge is pushed into oval shape; bottom has slight kick. Full-twist overlay design work.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-255563, described as Twined. Bottom is brown with sawtooth border. Rows of black geometric figures up and down the sides in three V's with the letters T, T, and H; edge has rows of black and brown. Edge is pushed into oval shape; bottom has slight kick. Full-twist overlay design work.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-255563, described as Twined. Bottom is brown with sawtooth border. Rows of black geometric figures up and down the sides in three V's with the letters T, T, and H; edge has rows of black and brown. Edge is pushed into oval shape; bottom has slight kick. Full-twist overlay design work.

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