Burden basket

Museum number:
1-243017
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3148
Description:
Twined, flat bottom version of traditional burden basket, split/unsplit willow shoots, 2 bands of bracken fern root, middle band of pyramid designs of winter peeled willow shoot, two handles of wrapped wire.
Donor:
Estate of Christina B. Cameron
Collection place:
Northern Sierras, Northern California
Culture or time period:
Washo
Collector:
Christina B. Cameron
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Wastebasket. Made for sale.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 32 centimeters and diameter 32 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-243017, described as Twined, flat bottom version of traditional burden basket, split/unsplit willow shoots, 2 bands of bracken fern root, middle band of pyramid designs of winter peeled willow shoot, two handles of wrapped wire.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-243017, described as Twined, flat bottom version of traditional burden basket, split/unsplit willow shoots, 2 bands of bracken fern root, middle band of pyramid designs of winter peeled willow shoot, two handles of wrapped wire.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-243017, described as Twined, flat bottom version of traditional burden basket, split/unsplit willow shoots, 2 bands of bracken fern root, middle band of pyramid designs of winter peeled willow shoot, two handles of wrapped wire.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-243017, described as Twined, flat bottom version of traditional burden basket, split/unsplit willow shoots, 2 bands of bracken fern root, middle band of pyramid designs of winter peeled willow shoot, two handles of wrapped wire.

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