Jar basket

Museum number:
1-20955
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Alternate number:
191 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.511
Description:
Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Yucca. With 4 spiral stripes in red and star design on bottom.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Weldon (CDP), Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern; Weldon
Culture or time period:
Tübatulabal
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Redbud and Yucca leaf
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis, Sporobolus rigens, and Yucca
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coiled weaving and Jar baskets
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 4.625 inches and length 6.125 inches
Comment:
Published: Mason's Aboriginal Basketry p 285, pl 41. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1 p 58.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Jar basket, accession number 1-20955, described as Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Yucca. With 4 spiral stripes in red and star design on bottom.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Jar basket, accession number 1-20955, described as Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Yucca. With 4 spiral stripes in red and star design on bottom.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Jar basket, accession number 1-20955, described as Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Yucca. With 4 spiral stripes in red and star design on bottom.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar basket, accession number 1-20955, described as Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Yucca. With 4 spiral stripes in red and star design on bottom.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar basket, accession number 1-20955, described as Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Yucca. With 4 spiral stripes in red and star design on bottom.

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