Bowl basket

Museum number:
1-20988
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Alternate number:
148 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.511
Description:
Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Yucca. Black pattern is Devil's horn (Proboscidea althaeifolia). With two bands containing black designs superficially resembling Chinese characters; between these 2 bands a double zigzag line in red.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern
Culture or time period:
Shoshone
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Devil's horn
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis and Proboscidea (plant)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 13.375 inches and width 6.5 inches
Comment:
Second original no. 33. For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, p. 94. Published: "Mason's Aboriginal Basketry p. 476 pl 188.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20988, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Yucca. Black pattern is Devil's horn (Proboscidea althaeifolia). With two bands containing black designs superficially resembling Chinese characters; between these 2 bands a double zigzag line in red.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20988, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Yucca. Black pattern is Devil's horn (Proboscidea althaeifolia). With two bands containing black designs superficially resembling Chinese characters; between these 2 bands a double zigzag line in red.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20988, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Yucca. Black pattern is Devil's horn (Proboscidea althaeifolia). With two bands containing black designs superficially resembling Chinese characters; between these 2 bands a double zigzag line in red.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20988, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Yucca. Black pattern is Devil's horn (Proboscidea althaeifolia). With two bands containing black designs superficially resembling Chinese characters; between these 2 bands a double zigzag line in red.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20988, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Yucca. Black pattern is Devil's horn (Proboscidea althaeifolia). With two bands containing black designs superficially resembling Chinese characters; between these 2 bands a double zigzag line in red.

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