Miniature basket

Museum number:
1-236805
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
41 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2802
Description:
Twined miniature gathering basket, with handle, design of 4 horizontal black bands. Diagonal twining, peeled shoot warp, split peeled shoot weft, and bracken fern design.
Donor:
Mrs. George H. Crooks
Collection place:
South Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
Collected in Ahwahnee
Culture or time period:
Southern Sierra Miwok
Collector:
Mrs. W. M. Sell and Mr. W. M. Sell
Collection date:
1903-1905
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers), Miniature (size attribute), and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Made for sale.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 7 centimeters and 17 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Miniature basket, accession number 1-236805, described as Twined miniature gathering basket, with handle, design of 4 horizontal black bands. Diagonal twining, peeled shoot warp, split peeled shoot weft, and bracken fern design.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Miniature basket, accession number 1-236805, described as Twined miniature gathering basket, with handle, design of 4 horizontal black bands. Diagonal twining, peeled shoot warp, split peeled shoot weft, and bracken fern design.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Miniature basket, accession number 1-236805, described as Twined miniature gathering basket, with handle, design of 4 horizontal black bands. Diagonal twining, peeled shoot warp, split peeled shoot weft, and bracken fern design.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature basket, accession number 1-236805, described as Twined miniature gathering basket, with handle, design of 4 horizontal black bands. Diagonal twining, peeled shoot warp, split peeled shoot weft, and bracken fern design.

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