Burden basket

Museum number:
1-233743
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2728
Description:
Burden basket. Twined novelty. Warp of willow shoots; wefts of redbud (light) and bracken fern root (dark). Simple band design. Willow stick handle attached at side.
Donor:
Bill Reed Adams, Ira Carlton Adams, Jeffrey Carlton Adams, and Rosemary Jeffreys Adams
Collection place:
Great Basin, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Washo
Collector:
Ira Carlton Adams
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Sold as tourist novelty.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 16.7 centimeters and height 22 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-233743, described as Burden basket. Twined novelty. Warp of willow shoots; wefts of redbud (light) and bracken fern root (dark). Simple band design. Willow stick handle attached at side.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-233743, described as Burden basket. Twined novelty. Warp of willow shoots; wefts of redbud (light) and bracken fern root (dark). Simple band design. Willow stick handle attached at side.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-233743, described as Burden basket. Twined novelty. Warp of willow shoots; wefts of redbud (light) and bracken fern root (dark). Simple band design. Willow stick handle attached at side.

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