Burden basket

Museum number:
1-70112
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides. Tag "Mission Type". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled burden basket. Deergrass bundle foundation. The basket has a central design band with a mottled juncus design of tan and orange wefts with bands of black dyed juncus at the top and the bottom. The wefts above and below the design band are sumac. The basket has an interior workface and the work direction is to the right. The weft fag ends are bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with the coil ending tapered with some backstitching. The basket is from Southwestern California, the design is common with the Luiseño.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Southwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Southwest California tribes
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 10 inches and diameter 18 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-70112, described as Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides. Tag "Mission Type". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled burden basket. Deergrass bundle foundation. The basket has a central design band with a mottled juncus design of tan and orange wefts with bands of black dyed juncus at the top and the bottom. The wefts above and below the design band are sumac. The basket has an interior workface and the work direction is to the right. The weft fag ends are bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with the coil ending tapered with some backstitching. The basket is from Southwestern California, the design is common with the Luiseño.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-70112, described as Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides. Tag "Mission Type". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled burden basket. Deergrass bundle foundation. The basket has a central design band with a mottled juncus design of tan and orange wefts with bands of black dyed juncus at the top and the bottom. The wefts above and below the design band are sumac. The basket has an interior workface and the work direction is to the right. The weft fag ends are bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with the coil ending tapered with some backstitching. The basket is from Southwestern California, the design is common with the Luiseño.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-70112, described as Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides. Tag "Mission Type". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled burden basket. Deergrass bundle foundation. The basket has a central design band with a mottled juncus design of tan and orange wefts with bands of black dyed juncus at the top and the bottom. The wefts above and below the design band are sumac. The basket has an interior workface and the work direction is to the right. The weft fag ends are bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with the coil ending tapered with some backstitching. The basket is from Southwestern California, the design is common with the Luiseño.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-70112, described as Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides. Tag "Mission Type". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled burden basket. Deergrass bundle foundation. The basket has a central design band with a mottled juncus design of tan and orange wefts with bands of black dyed juncus at the top and the bottom. The wefts above and below the design band are sumac. The basket has an interior workface and the work direction is to the right. The weft fag ends are bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with the coil ending tapered with some backstitching. The basket is from Southwestern California, the design is common with the Luiseño.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-70112, described as Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides. Tag "Mission Type". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled burden basket. Deergrass bundle foundation. The basket has a central design band with a mottled juncus design of tan and orange wefts with bands of black dyed juncus at the top and the bottom. The wefts above and below the design band are sumac. The basket has an interior workface and the work direction is to the right. The weft fag ends are bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with the coil ending tapered with some backstitching. The basket is from Southwestern California, the design is common with the Luiseño.

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