Basket

Museum number:
1-9960
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010009960
Alternate number:
67 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
Leaching basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Hoop bound with maple bark. Openwork diagonal twining, triangular and flat in shape, with reinforcing hoop lashed around rim. No decoration.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Secret Diggings, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Secret Diggings
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Maple bark, Maple (wood), and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Acer macrophyllum and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used as a general receptacle, to leach manzanita cider, etc.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 50.3 centimeters and 39 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: djama.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-9960, described as Leaching basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Hoop bound with maple bark. Openwork diagonal twining, triangular and flat in shape, with reinforcing hoop lashed around rim. No decoration.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-9960, described as Leaching basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Hoop bound with maple bark. Openwork diagonal twining, triangular and flat in shape, with reinforcing hoop lashed around rim. No decoration.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-9960, described as Leaching basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Hoop bound with maple bark. Openwork diagonal twining, triangular and flat in shape, with reinforcing hoop lashed around rim. No decoration.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-9960, described as Leaching basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Hoop bound with maple bark. Openwork diagonal twining, triangular and flat in shape, with reinforcing hoop lashed around rim. No decoration.

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