Burden basket

Museum number:
1-51459
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.768
Description:
Conical with a reinforcing hoop around the rim. Point is reinforced with leather, now worn through. Decoration: 6 concentric, horizontal bands in red. Made with willow split shoots as weft; peeled shoots as warp. Open diagonal twining.
Donor:
Lillian Barstow
Collection place:
Northern Sierras, Northern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Wallace Barstow
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Willow (wood)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1940
Context of use:
Burden basket; used to transport harvested seeds and other food products.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 74 centimeters, height 26 inches, and diameter 57 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-51459, described as Conical with a reinforcing hoop around the rim. Point is reinforced with leather, now worn through. Decoration: 6 concentric, horizontal bands in red. Made with willow split shoots as weft; peeled shoots as warp. Open diagonal twining.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-51459, described as Conical with a reinforcing hoop around the rim. Point is reinforced with leather, now worn through. Decoration: 6 concentric, horizontal bands in red. Made with willow split shoots as weft; peeled shoots as warp. Open diagonal twining.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-51459, described as Conical with a reinforcing hoop around the rim. Point is reinforced with leather, now worn through. Decoration: 6 concentric, horizontal bands in red. Made with willow split shoots as weft; peeled shoots as warp. Open diagonal twining.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-51459, described as Conical with a reinforcing hoop around the rim. Point is reinforced with leather, now worn through. Decoration: 6 concentric, horizontal bands in red. Made with willow split shoots as weft; peeled shoots as warp. Open diagonal twining.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-51459, described as Conical with a reinforcing hoop around the rim. Point is reinforced with leather, now worn through. Decoration: 6 concentric, horizontal bands in red. Made with willow split shoots as weft; peeled shoots as warp. Open diagonal twining.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-51459, described as Conical with a reinforcing hoop around the rim. Point is reinforced with leather, now worn through. Decoration: 6 concentric, horizontal bands in red. Made with willow split shoots as weft; peeled shoots as warp. Open diagonal twining.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-51459, described as Conical with a reinforcing hoop around the rim. Point is reinforced with leather, now worn through. Decoration: 6 concentric, horizontal bands in red. Made with willow split shoots as weft; peeled shoots as warp. Open diagonal twining.

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