Basket tray

Museum number:
1-10140
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010140
Alternate number:
259 (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:
Tray basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Turned warp. Willow hoop. Deep and triangular in shape; described as "old" by Barrett in 1906. In form of tray. Twined, with a reinforcing hoop at the rim and an attached cloth strap. No decoration.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Murphys, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Murphys
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Maple (wood) and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Acer macrophyllum and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket trays, Trays, and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used as a general receptacle and to store food, etc. - when hung from the rafters, it protects its contents from mice.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
45 centimeters and height 16 centimeters
Comment:
Described as "old" by Samuel A. Barrett in 1906. Native name and meaning: "tcama" - generic name for this kind of basket. Materials: cf. Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 37. Photo: 15-5973. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 52.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket tray, accession number 1-10140, described as Tray basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Turned warp. Willow hoop. Deep and triangular in shape; described as "old" by Barrett in 1906. In form of tray. Twined, with a reinforcing hoop at the rim and an attached cloth strap. No decoration.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket tray, accession number 1-10140, described as Tray basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Turned warp. Willow hoop. Deep and triangular in shape; described as "old" by Barrett in 1906. In form of tray. Twined, with a reinforcing hoop at the rim and an attached cloth strap. No decoration.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-10140, described as Tray basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Turned warp. Willow hoop. Deep and triangular in shape; described as "old" by Barrett in 1906. In form of tray. Twined, with a reinforcing hoop at the rim and an attached cloth strap. No decoration.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-10140, described as Tray basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Turned warp. Willow hoop. Deep and triangular in shape; described as "old" by Barrett in 1906. In form of tray. Twined, with a reinforcing hoop at the rim and an attached cloth strap. No decoration.

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