Basket

Museum number:
1-71579
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010071579
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Diagonal twining. Made by a left-handed weaver, everything is in reverse of normal. Circular geometric bands in light brown alternating with bands of black on natural ground, matches design on 1-70724. Peeled willow, dyed bracken root.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Great Basin, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Washo
Maker or artist:
Scees Bryant
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
1878-1918
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Winnower; sifting tray.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 17.75 inches, length 56 centimeters, length 21.5 inches, and height 4.5 inches
Loans:
S2015-2016 #1: Nevada Museum of Art (July 15, 2015–July 26, 2016)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-71579, described as Diagonal twining. Made by a left-handed weaver, everything is in reverse of normal. Circular geometric bands in light brown alternating with bands of black on natural ground, matches design on 1-70724. Peeled willow, dyed bracken root.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-71579, described as Diagonal twining. Made by a left-handed weaver, everything is in reverse of normal. Circular geometric bands in light brown alternating with bands of black on natural ground, matches design on 1-70724. Peeled willow, dyed bracken root.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-71579, described as Diagonal twining. Made by a left-handed weaver, everything is in reverse of normal. Circular geometric bands in light brown alternating with bands of black on natural ground, matches design on 1-70724. Peeled willow, dyed bracken root.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-71579, described as Diagonal twining. Made by a left-handed weaver, everything is in reverse of normal. Circular geometric bands in light brown alternating with bands of black on natural ground, matches design on 1-70724. Peeled willow, dyed bracken root.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-71579, described as Diagonal twining. Made by a left-handed weaver, everything is in reverse of normal. Circular geometric bands in light brown alternating with bands of black on natural ground, matches design on 1-70724. Peeled willow, dyed bracken root.

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