Burden basket

Museum number:
1-216888
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010216888
Accession number:
Acc.2485
Description:
Conical twined seed-gathering basket. Thunderbird designs.
Donor:
Mary McLain
Collection place:
Prattville, Plumas County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Plumas; Prattville
Culture or time period:
Maidu
Collector:
Fern Benner and Grace McLain
Collection date:
1880-1890
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Seed-gathering basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 36.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-216888, described as Conical twined seed-gathering basket. Thunderbird designs.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-216888, described as Conical twined seed-gathering basket. Thunderbird designs.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-216888, described as Conical twined seed-gathering basket. Thunderbird designs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-216888, described as Conical twined seed-gathering basket. Thunderbird designs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-216888, described as Conical twined seed-gathering basket. Thunderbird designs.

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